high up in the Himalayan Mountains in an area near the border of Tibet and Nepal

Color: Orange Red

Color: White (Clear)

One side of the specimen is covered with olive green siderite crystals and small druzy pyrite while the other side is mainly covered with quartz and albite

This is an excellent and rare specimen of Elpidite from the world renowned location that is Mount Saint Hilaire

Nuevo Mercurio Meteorite | 0.62 Grams | End Cut | H5 | Rare and Fresh Witness Fall | Zacatecas, Mexico | SO24 Heliodor high up in the HimalayanThis is a great end cut of the Nuevo Mercurio meteorite. Nuevo Mercurio is classified as a Stone Olivine bronzite H5 chondrite. It fell on 15 Dec 1978 in Zacatecas, Mexico. At 1850 hrs on December 15, 1978, a bright fireball, traveling NE to SW and visible over a radius of at least 200 km, exploded over north central Mexico and scattered meteorites over an elliptical area more than 10 km in length. A total of around 300 individuals were found totaling