What And Where

Recovered near Dayton in Montgomery County in 1892 this iron meteorite was documented in regional natural history records and later catalogued in national collections. The recovery location is associated with agricultural land where the specimen was found at or near the surface.

Date And Mass of Dayton Meteorite

Total recovered mass about 26.3 kg from the 1892 recovery. The relatively large mass for Ohio makes this specimen important for studies of iron meteorite distribution in the region.

Class And Mineralogy of Dayton Meteorite

Classified as an iron meteorite containing kamacite taenite schreibersite and troilite. Microstructural analysis reveals Widmanstatten patterning indicative of slow cooling in a differentiated parent body core and trace element ratios can be used to assign the specimen to a chemical group.

Scientific Significance of Dayton Meteorite

Large iron meteorites are valuable for geochemical and isotopic studies that constrain parent body formation and thermal history. Techniques such as laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and metallographic cooling rate analysis yield high value data.