The Meteorite Man

Gao Meteorites come from a meteorite fall that occured on March 5, 1960 in a village named Gao, Burkina Faso located in Western Africa. Most of sixteen pieces of the meteor fall that have been recovered crashed through rooftops of people living in the village. More Gao meteorite specimens have been recently found bringing the total recovered weight to over 400 kilograms. Gao meteorites are classified as a H5 stone chondite meteorites. We have complete meteorites as well as slices of Gao meteorites available in many different shapes and weights. Please click on a meteorite specimen below for detailed description:

Gao-Guenie Meteorite 1.61 gram Crusted cut slice

4.3 Gram Complete Slice Gao H5 Meteorite Burkina Faso

Gao-Guenie Meteorite 1.95 gram cut slice with crust

Gao-Guenie Meteorite 2.39 gram cut slice with crust

Meteorite GAO-GUENIE (Burkina Faso) H5 - 5.7g - Crusted

Gao Guenie Meteorite 16 gr. nice individual 0161

Gao Guenie Meteorite 12.98 gr.nice individual 0173

Gao Guenie Meteorite 9.12 gr. nice individual 0174

Gao Guenie Meteorite 15gr. 2 nice individuals 0186

Gao Guenie Meteorite 208 gr. Great individual 0198

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