Sacramento Mountains Meteorite

Description

Medium Octahedrite (group IIIA, iron meteorite), etched and polished, found in 1896 at the Sacramento Mountains, Eddy County, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Museum reference

G.1913.4.2

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Octahedrite

Date

1896

Collection place(s)

Sacramento Mountains, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA, North America

Exhibitions

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Down to Earth (10 Nov 2017 - 01 Apr 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland