Fell 1516 AD, found 1958 AD. A nickel iron meteorite (111CD) with a composition of 92.35% iron and 6.96% nickel. See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison, Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.253, for details of this fall. 27.4 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). From an old Lincoln collection; from Nantan Nandan County, Guangxi Region, China. The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. [No Reserve]

Fine condition.