Ash Creek (West) (L6)
The Ash Creek meteorite, formerly known as the West, Texas meteorite, fell the morning of Feb 15, 2009. Seen from Austin and caught on film, it was headed west. It was seen from Dallas, Houston, Fredericksburg and other places in Texas. The sonic boom of the explosion rocked McLennan county. Near the small town of Birome, some windows were broken.
I was on News 8 within 36 hours predicting the meteorite would be found near Waco. The first reports of stones found came from the Mike Farmer team. The next morning I was in West at the strewnfield. The timing was bad, plowing was about to happen and we had to work fast. My first trip was 48 hours and I was mainly securing land permissions and trying to determine the strewnfield direction. The second trip I got to hunt more and recovered one stone.
This fall is over 13 miles long, and it probably blew up high, resulting in a long, low density fall. Average walk time to a find is about 10 hours.
It is classified as a L6 highly veined, which explains the high altitude early breakup. The total known weight of the West meteorite is 3 kilos, which is a very low weight.
Slices, Part Slices&Fragments&Micros
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| ID #: AshCreekmicr
Price: $5.00 Notes: This is a micro. Collector's capsule will be included with specimen.
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ID #: AshCreekmicrob
Price: $5.00-sold Notes: This is a micro. Collector's capsule will be included with specimen.This specimen is entirely fusion crust.
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ID #: AshCreek0-005 Weight: 0.05g Price: $10.00-hold eb Notes: Nice small specimen with about 50% fusion crust. |
ID #: AshCreek0-035 Weight : 0.035 g Price: S 10.00 Notes: This specimen has about 25% fusion crust. |
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ID #: AshCreek0-14 Weight : 0.14 g Price: $ sold Notes: Unique specimen. |
ID #: AshCreek0-172 Weight : 0.172 g Price: Sold Notes: Nice specimen but does not display an signs of fusion crust. |
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ID #: AshCreek0-175 Weight : 0.175 g Price: $ sold Notes: Specimen displays about 25% fusion crust. Dimensions: 5 x 4 x 1 mm |
ID #: AshCreek0-76 Weight : 0.76 g Price: Sold Notes: Very nice piece with 75% fusion crust. Dimensions: 7 x 6 x 2mm |
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ID #: AshCreek0-77 Weight : 0.77 g Price: $ Sold Notes: Specimen displays about 25% fusion crust. Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1 mm |
ID #: AshCreek 3-8 Weight : 03.8 g Price: $ 152.00 Notes: 3 mm thick part slice. Polished on one side. Fusion crust on 3/4 of the outer ring. Dimensions: 23 x 10 x 3 mm |
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ID #: AshCreek2-9 Weight : 2.9 g Price: $ 116.00 Notes: Specimen displays about 10% fusion crust. Dimensions 18 mm x 12 mm x 2mm |
ID #: AshCreek4-2 Weight : 4.2 g Price: $ 336.00 Notes: Specimen displays about 5% fusion crust. Dimensions 20 mm x 10 mm 2mm |
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ID #: AshCreek13-6 Weight : 13.6 g Price: $ 544.00 Notes: Very nice part slice about 5 mm thick and has been polished on one side. Fusion crust on 1/2 of the outer ring. Dimensions: 38 x 21 x 5 mm |
ID #: AshCreek22-2 Weight : 22.2 g Price: Sold Notes: Lovely part slice about 3 mm thick and polished on one side. Fusion crust on 70% of the outer ring. Dimensions: 52 x 35 x 3 mm |
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ID #: AshCreek22-2b Weight : 22.2 g Price: $ 888.00 Notes: Part slice about 3 mm thick and polished on one side.Outer ring has about 60% of fusion crust. Dimensions: 40 x 33 x 3 mm |
ID #: AshCreek13-1 Weight : 213.1g Price: $ 524.00 Notes: Specimen is 3 mm thick and one side is polished.Fusion crust on 85% of outer ring. Dimensions: 30 x 32 x 3 mm |
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ID #: AshCreek26-4 Weight : 26.4 g Price: $ 1068.00 Notes: Part slice about 4 mm thick and polished on one side. About 1/2 of outer ring has fusion crust. Dimensions: 46 x 35 x 4 mm |
ID #: AshCreek38 Weight : 38 g Price: $ 1548.00 Notes: Nice end cut with about 75% fusion crust. Dimensions: 42 x 38 x 20 mm |
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ID #: AshCreek38-7 Weight : 38.7 g Price: $ 1548.00 Notes: Part slice about 4 mm thick and polished on one side. 3/4 of the outer ring has fusion crust. Dimensions: 50 X 31 X 4 mm |
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ID #: AshCreek14-5 Weight : 14.5 g Price: $ 652.50 Notes: Unique individual that has a heat shield shape but it is not a heat shield. There is 50% primary crust and 50% secondary crust on this specimen. |
ID #: AshCreek15-1 Weight : 15.1 g Price: $ Sold Notes: This is an interesting specimen as it has a unique silver line on it. Individual with 100% fusion over the stone. The cause of the silvering is unknown. A photo of this specimen found in the field can be seen here . |
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ID #: AshCreek17-5 Weight : 17.5 g Price: $ 787.50 Notes: Individual is 100% crusted with about 30% secondary fusion crust. Picture of this specimen found in the field can be see here . |
ID #: AshCreek28-7 Weight : 28.7 g Price: $ 1291.50 Notes: This specimen has a silver line of unknown origin. Also there are many contraction cracks on this individual. It is composed of about 99% primary fusion crust but there is a small chip in the crust. This is the finest specimen found by Mc.Taylor, in his opinion. Extraordinary fusion crust texture. |
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ID #: AshCreek29-5 Weight : 29.50 g Price: $ 1327.50 Notes: There is a silvery sheen on one side of this individual. Robert Ward and I were debating if it was some sulfide. Its been seen on 3-4 stones out there. Complete stone with 90% primary fusion crust and 10% fusion crust on an edge. No chips. |
ID #: AshCreek35-4 Weight : 35.40 g Price: Sold Notes: Individual almost completely crusted with primary fusion crust over 98%. You can see a photo of the meteorite in the field here . |
