Tagish Lake Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites for Sale

Location: Tagish Lake (between Carcross and Atlin) British Columbia, Canada (59° 42' 16"N, 134° 12' 5"W)

Fell: 2000 January 18, 08:43:42 pst (16:43:42 ut, 7:43 Alaska Time)

Type: C2 (ungrouped)

Description: A brilliant fireball followed by loud detonations was widely observed over the Yukon Territory and northern British Columbia. The fireball was also detected by satellites in Earth orbit. Dust clouds from terminal fragmentation events were widely observed. Jim Brook recovered several dozen meteorites totaling ~ 1 kg on the ice of Taku Arm, Tagish Lake, on January 25 and 26 (coordinates of first find given above). Between April 20 and May 8, ~ 500 additional specimens were located on the ice of Taku Arm and a small, unnamed lake 1.5 km to the east, but only ~ 200 were retrieved as many had melted down into the ice making their collection time consuming; recovery was prioritized based on meteorites' mass and degree of disaggregation. The total mass collected was between 5 and 10 kg. The strewnfield is at least 16 × 3 km, oriented approximately S30° E. Classification and mineralogy (M. Zolensky, JSC; M. Grady, NHM): possibly CI2 group; a matrix-dominated chondrite, with a few small chondrules, CAIs, and isolated grains; matrix mainly phyllosilicates, Fe-Ni sulfides and magnetite, with abundant Ca-Mg-Fe carbonates; olivine, Fa_0–29, PMD = 2%, with a peak at Fa₁; pyroxene, Fs_1–7, PMD = 2%, with a peak at Fs₂; bulk C content 5.4 wt%, with δ¹³C = +24.3‰; shock stage, S1. Oxygen isotopes (R. Clayton, UChi): δ¹⁸O = +18.0–19.0‰, δ¹⁷O = 8.3–9.2‰.

Some Links to more information:

Space rock yields carbon bounty
Ancient Meteorites from Outer Solar System May Have Provided Raw Materials for Life
An article tracing Tagish Lake to D Asteroid 368 Haidea.
NASA Astrobiology Institute article
A page by members of the team that recovered much of the meteorite
A good summary of the scientific work on Tagish Lake as of December 2002
An article from Astrobiology Magazine
An article on the Planetary Society's web page
An article from the more popular press
An article on the Tagish Lake Fall
Look at David Weir's excellent page on Tagish Lake.

Here's some information on the Tagish Lake site. We went up there and attempted to find some--but couldn't.
These meteorites were exported from Canada under Cultural Property Export Permit
(Specimens are on consignment)

Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.

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# TAG-2681	#TAG-314	# TAG-4401	# TAG-560	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: 268 mg	Weight: 314 mg	Weight: 440 mg	Weight: 560 mg
Features: Fragment, no crust.	Features: Fragment, no crust, vuggy inclusion	Features: Fragment, no crust.	Features:Fragment, no crust, vuggy inclusion
Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold


# TAG-612	# TAG-682	# TAG-918	# TAG-992	# TAG1-130
Weight: 612 mg	Weight: 682 mg	Weight: 918 mg	Weight: 992 mg	Weight: 1.130g
Features: Fragment, 10 percent crust.	Features: Fragment, no crust	Features: Fragment, no crust.	Features: Fragment, no crust	Features: Fragment, no crust.
Price: $612	Price: $409	Price: $551	Price: $595	Price: $678


# TAG1-552	# TAG1-576	# TAG1-620	# TAG1-634	# TAG1-766
Weight: 1.552g	Weight: 1.576g	Weight: 1.620g	Weight: 1.634g	Weight: 1.766g
Features: Fragment, no crust	Features: Fragment, no crust.	Features: Fragment, no crust.	Features: Fragment, no crust.	Features: Fragment, no crust.
Price: $931	Price: $946	Price: $972	Price: $980	Price: $1060

# TAG3-558

Weight: 3.558g

WFeatures: Fragment,
2 percent crust

Price: sold

#TAG-dust

Weight: 200 mg up.

Features: Dust and fragments packaged in a small membrane box. A few have crust.

$125 per gram