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Langwies

Posted on May 1, 2019 (April 16, 2020) by Center for Meteorite Studies

Langwies is an ordinary (H6) chondrite found May 19, 1985, just south of the village of Langwies, canton Graubunden, Switzerland. Langwies is a unique meteorite in that the only piece known, a 16.5 g weathered and fusion crusted piece, was found in a glacial moraine. To date, 11 meteorites have been found in Switzerland, including […]

Cumberland Falls

Posted on April 1, 2019 (August 23, 2021) by Center for Meteorite Studies

Cumberland Falls is an achondrite (aubrite) meteorite that fell in Kentucky, April 9 of 1919. There were many witnesses to this daytime meteorite fall, given the brilliant fireball and sonic booms. According to Miller (1919): "The concussions produced by the bolide were terrific, causing buildings to rock, and producting (SIC) the impression on some that […]

Peace River

Posted on March 1, 2019 (April 16, 2020) by Center for Meteorite Studies

Peace River is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell March 31, 1963, near the town of Peace River, Alberta. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 27): "Dr. L. A. Bayrock, Research Council of Alberta, and Len Hills, Department of Geology, University of Alberta established that the fireball was traveling N 75o E, detonated at an […]

Allende 50th anniversary

Posted on January 30, 2019 (February 19, 2021) by Center for Meteorite Studies

February 8th marks the 50th anniversary of the Allende meteorite fall in Chihuahua, Mexico! Quite possibly the most studied meteorite of all time (referenced in over 14,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers), Allende is a (CV3) carbonaceous chondrite known for its abundant calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions, which provide information on processes in the Early Solar System. Allende also contains […]

Bensour

Posted on January 30, 2019 (April 16, 2020) by Center for Meteorite Studies

Bensour is an ordinary (LL6) chondrite that fell in Morocco, in 2002, near the border with Algeria. An article published in Meteorite Times magazine describes the fall, as recounted by an eye witness: "I was out tending camels when at about 4:00 in the afternoon on Sunday, February 10, 2002, I saw a light in […]

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