Hope Creek, Alaska, LL6 Chondrite Meteorite

Location: Hope Creek, Fairbanks Northstar Borough, Alaska, USA, (65º23'N 146º16'W)

Found: Summer 1998

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)

Description: A 9.83 kg stone was found with a metal detector by Chris Shaw while he was prospecting for gold in a creek. Classification and mineralogy (M. McGehee, G. Huss, ASU): breccia; olivine, Fa29; pyroxene, Fs20.7; shock stage, S3 (light-colored clasts), S4 (dark-colored host); weathering grade, W2. Specimens: main mass, 5.74 kg, with finder; ~2 kg, A. Shaw; ~2 kg, O. Shaw; 46.2 g, AMNH; 41.8 g, UCLA; 32.6 g, ASU.(From the Meteoritical Bulletin No. 84, 2000).

Note: It has been reported on good authority that Hope Creek may be a Texas meteorite that was transported and misreported to the Meteoritical Society.

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Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.


# HCR3-2	# HCR3-6	# HCR5-8	# HCR6-0	About Scale: Each photo has a small one centimeter cube. That's a little less than a half inch on a side. The coin above is a US dime.
Weight: 3.2 gm	Weight: 3.6 gm	Weight: 5.8 gm	Weight: 6.0 gm
Features: Part Slice	Features: Part Slice	Features: Part Slice	Features: Part Slice
Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold


# HCR6-4	# HCR8-6	# HCR11-4
Weight: 6.4 gm	Weight: 8.6 gm	Weight: 11.4 gm
Features: Part Slice	Features: Part Slice	Features: End
Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold