A 310-pound, quadrangular, pyrimidal-shaped stone was found in a hayfield in Dallas County, Alabama, near the Summerfield road; this location was about 2 miles N. of Selma. The meteorite, which was the largest recorded intact stone meteorite found at that time, measured 20.5 inches long by 20 inches wide by 13 inches thick. The finder, Mr. John Coleman, thought the meteorite may correspond to a bolide that was seen and heard by many witnesses on July 20, 1898 around 9:00 P.M., but this cannot be verified.
The Selma meteorite was significantly weathered when found. It has a very high total iron content of over 22%, and its chondrules are extremely variable with a high degree of fragmentation. The specimen of Selma shown above is a 21.6 g partial slice.
Notably, Selma, Alabama is the birthplace of this meteorite collector.
