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| Weight 3.83 grams. |
On
25 March 1843 a "stone of about 13lb (5.9kg) fell after detonations",
C.U. Shepard (1848).
It fell almost 160 years ago, in Lee County, South Carolina, USA, and is still fresh. Bishopville is
classified as an achondrite, Ca-poor aubrite.
Notice the large crystals. Aubrites are magmas that solidified inside the
asteroid instead of erupting on the surface like eucrites. Outside Antarctica
there are only 10 aubrites and only Aubres fell longer
ago. This meteorite is fragile and all pieces will come in a
membrane box for preservation.
