Harry St. John Philby
The Wabar meteorite craters were discovered in the desert of Al-Rub Al-Khali, Saudi Arabia by Harry St. John Philby in 1933 - he sent samples of the original meteorite to the British Museum for analysis
Date: 09/01/2009
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1933 - Wabar - 1.29 grams
National Geographic's Thomas J. Abercrombie visited the site again and he wrote an article entitled "Beyond the Sands of Mecca" in the January 1966 issue - he found a stone weighing almost two and a half tons
Date: 09/01/2009
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Wabar - 1.29 grams
Our small slice is from the British Museum collection and it has been classified as an iron meteorite belonging to chemical group IIIAB
Date: 09/01/2009
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