Annaheim meteorite, Iron meteorite in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Annaheim meteorite is an iron meteorite discovered in Saskatchewan, Canada, and now housed at the Canadian Meteorite Collection in Ottawa. The specimen is studied by researchers to learn more about the formation of our solar system and the composition of materials beyond Earth.
A farmer named William Huiras discovered this meteorite on July 3, 1916, while working his field in Saskatchewan. The discovery came several years after reports of a fireball crossing the sky in that same region.
The Canadian Meteorite Collection in Ottawa maintains this specimen as part of its scientific research program dedicated to understanding extraterrestrial materials.
This meteorite can be viewed at the Canadian Meteorite Collection in Ottawa, a research facility that gathers and preserves space rocks for scientific study. Visitors should check ahead about access, as the collection may only be open at certain times or by appointment.
This meteorite belongs to the rare IAB-sLL class and displays special internal structures that reveal information about how planetary cores form. Such precise structural patterns are relatively uncommon among iron meteorites and make this specimen especially valuable for planetary geology.
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