Own a unique piece of  Western United States Geological-Cosmological History.

The Sierra Nevada of California is a major mountain range of the United States. In the mid-1800's,  hopeful miners crossed this range to reach the riches of the gold fields of the Motherlode Gold Country. The Sierra Nevada is also the home of awesome Yosemite National Park, Lake Tahoe, several national forests and much more.

Located in the shadow of these magnificent mountains is a meteorite field known to only a handful of explorers.  One these Elder explorers has ask me to offer his meteorites from the Sierra Shadows Field for auction.

This meteorite is over 150 grams ( 5.5 ounces ) in weight. It's longest dimension is about 2 inches.

A California Registered Geologist has examined the collection site and has even collected a meteorite from the site. He expressed the following opinion:

"(T)hese materials appear to be of extraterrestrial origin ..... based on the following observations:

The geology of the collection site does not support the deposition or generation of rocks and minerals of this nature.

Review of a number of reference materials ..... and information from the University of California at Los Angeles, Astrophysis Department, suggest strongly that the rocks are iron and stony iron meteorites.  This finding is based on the appearance and density of the rocks,  their magnetism, and their distribution in the field. 

My reconnaissance of the collection area revealed the presence of a number of minerals appearing to be tektites."  Note: tektites are formed by the impact of meteorites against the Earth.