Bondoc Nodule Polished End Cut 15.8g achondrite 72 centimeters (18 inches)

72 centimeters (18 inches)

I have not been able to find any information as to who first discovered this meteorite or the story of how they found it

and it is proof that this protoplanet or large asteroid once existed

Studies show the Libyan desert glass formed about 29 million years ago

The measurements are about 33x21x2

Bondoc Nodule Polished End Cut 15.8g achondrite 72 centimeters (18 inches)This is what we call a Bondoc nodule. It has been professionally sliced in half, polished and stabilized. Most of the meteorite has weathered away leaving behind these large metal nodules. The Bondoc meteorite is a mesosiderite with a fascinating story surrounding its recovery. It may have been known for a long time but its formal recognition as a meteorite occurred approximately in 1956. It was then that H. H. Nininger realized that it was meteoritic