Meteorite Specimen

Made by Natural objectPrehistoric fall; collected 20th c.Ridgefield, Connecticut

Representative record: the collection's holdings in this category are publicly documented, but this specific object is an illustrative example of the documented type rather than an individually confirmed holding. A large meteorite specimen from the library's 'history of imagination' holdings — the collection interleaves rare books with the objects of big ideas, including extraterrestrial material documented in press profiles.

Provenance

20th c.

Collected from a documented fall site

attributed

2008

Library's non-book holdings documented in WIRED's profile

documented

2026

Digitally preserved in Relic

confirmed

Current Custodian

Jay Walker

Ridgefield, Connecticut

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Access Matrix

Digital viewingpublic
Additional photographsby request
Remote video inspectionavailable
Research visitowner approval
Temporary research loancase by_case
Museum exhibition loanavailable
Scientific samplingnot permitted
Commercial licensingcontact owner

Record Metadata

CategoryNatural History

MaterialsNickel-iron

DimensionsApprox. 30 cm across

WeightApprox. 40 kg

ConditionStable; fusion crust retained

Digital Record

24 high-res images (8,192 × 6,144)

3D Mesh / Photogrammetry

Precise digital measurements

Doc. Score: 80/100Scanned 8/30/2026

Cite this object

Relic Archive. (Prehistoric fall; collected 20th c.). Meteorite Specimen [Object record]. Relic Object RL-1908-007089.