Canyon Diablo
Meteorite, tektite, or impactite
Take care.
- Breaks down in damp air: Keep it dry and in steady humidity; some crumble or rot as they take on moisture.
About it
Coarse octahedrite (IAB), fragments of the body that blasted Meteor Crater in Arizona about 50,000 years ago. Some pieces hold tiny diamonds, and the mineral lonsdaleite was first described from it.
- Type
- Meteorite, tektite, or impactite (iron)
- Group
- Iron meteorite, IAB (coarse octahedrite)
- Specific gravity
- 7.5–8
- Lustre
- metallic
- Colours
- black to brown crust, steel grey when cut, rusty brown when weathered
- Transparency
- opaque
- Magnetic
- Strongly
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.