The Cabin Creek meteorite, an iron (nickel-iron alloy) meteorite that was observed to fall in northwestern Arkansas on March 27, 1886. Its characteristic pattern of "thumbprint" dimples, or regmaglypts, is the result of melting and consequent ablation of its surface as it traveled through the atmosphere. Read more
Cabin Creek 35°30' N, 93°30' W Johnson County, Arkansas, USA Fall 1886, March 27, 15:00 hrs Iron. (IIIAB) Medium octahedrite; bandwidth 1.1mm Synonym(s): Johnson County Approx. recovered weight: 48.5 kg A mass of about 1071b (48.5kg) fell, after detonations, about 6 miles E of Cabin Creek Source
The famous Cabin Creek iron meteorite that fell in Arkansas, USA, in 1886 was donated to the Viennese collection by the industrialist Mayer von Gunthof. Read more
The Cabin Creek meteorite, an iron (nickel-iron alloy) meteorite that was observed to fall in northwestern Arkansas on March 27, 1886. Its characteristic pattern of thumbprint dimples, or regmaglypts, is the result of melting and consequent ablation of its surface as it traveled through the atmosphere. The meteorite is likely a fragment of one of the M class asteroids, which show significant nickel-iron in their surface material. See more