Silicated-Iron
Item: 192.1 Dimensions: 95 x 78 x 57 mm Weight: 981 g
A semi-granular medium octahedrite structure broken up by an abundance of silicate inclusions. This specimen has an emerald green silicate (best seen in the close up view).
Partial/complete: End-piece
Cube: ~15mm x 15mm x 15mm ≈ 15mm3

Udei Station

Country: Nigeria
Fell: 1927, Spring
Group: Iron
Type: Octahedrite, medium (0.6mm)
Class: IA, silicated
Total known weight: 103

Udei Station meteorite fall is said to have sounded like a freight train that landed with a thud. It was recovered for a shallow hole 8 years after it fell.

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