{"product_id":"winchcombe-cm2-carbonaceous-chondrite-driveway-hammer-stone-fragment-0-1358g-england-gloucestershire","title":"Winchcombe - CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrite - Driveway Hammer Stone Fragment - 0.1358g - England (Gloucestershire)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"26\" data-end=\"535\"\u003eThis 0.1358g fragment of Winchcombe is a driveway hammer stone. The meteorite struck the Wilcock family driveway in Winchcombe and broke apart on the night of 28th February 2021, and this piece is one of around 9g of fragments that ricocheted into the rose bed and onto the lawn. OuterSpacer Meteorites acquired 4.5g of these, the smaller fragments; the larger pieces are in private collections. It comes from the collection of Rob Wilcock (Lot #26) and is presented in a display frame with a collection card telling the story of the fall, together with a statement from Rob Wilcock that preserves its provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"26\" data-end=\"535\"\u003eWinchcombe is one of the most important British Meteorite falls, landing in Gloucestershire, England, on 28 February 2021. It was widely observed as a bright fireball and recorded by camera networks, doorbell cameras, and eyewitnesses, allowing the fall area to be calculated quickly. Classified as a CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrite, Winchcombe is especially significant as the first recovered UK Meteorite fall in around 30 years and the first UK Carbonaceous Chondrite fall. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"1098\"\u003eSpecimens of Winchcombe are typically dark, fine-grained, and fragile, reflecting their Carbonaceous composition and history of aqueous alteration on the parent body. The meteorite is scientifically valuable because some material was recovered very quickly, with around 213.5 g collected within 12 hours of the fall and before significant rainfall. This rapid recovery helped preserve unusually fresh material for analysis, making Winchcombe comparable in some respects to carefully curated asteroid sample-return material. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1618\"\u003eFor collectors, Winchcombe offers a rare combination of witnessed fall provenance, British origin, and exceptional scientific importance. With a total known mass of around 602 g, much of which is curated by the Natural History Museum in London, available collector material is very limited. Each specimen represents a genuine piece of one of the most significant modern Meteorite falls in the UK, preserving primitive solar system material with a well-documented arrival on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fall site\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/0518\/8678\/files\/Winchcombe-Meteorite_Fall-Site_Wilcock-Driveway_02_credited.jpg\" alt=\"The Winchcombe meteorite as it lay on the Wilcock family driveway\" width=\"360\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe impact site on the Wilcock family’s driveway. The material shown here went to the Natural History Museum in London; this specimen is one of the fragments of the same hammer stone that ricocheted further, into the rose bed and onto the lawn. Photograph courtesy of the Wilcock family.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OuterSpacer Meteorites","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57871626174790,"sku":"WCM-02\/43","price":819.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/0518\/8678\/files\/winchcombe-11.jpg?v=1794500384","url":"https:\/\/outerspacer.com\/products\/winchcombe-cm2-carbonaceous-chondrite-driveway-hammer-stone-fragment-0-1358g-england-gloucestershire","provider":"OuterSpacer Meteorites","version":"1.0","type":"link"}