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…

Rowena, an ordinary (H6) chondrite found in Australia, in January of 1962. Over 34 kg of the Rowena meteorite were recovered after it was unearthed while plouging a paddock, in northern New South Wales; the plough had broken the meteorite into several pieces.  These pieces were sent from the Mining and Geological Museum, in Sydney,…

St. Louis is an ordinary (H4) chondrite that fell in St. Louis County, Missouri, on December 10th, 1950.   This spectacular meteorite fall coincided with the yearly Geminid meteor shower, a separate astronomical event.  The fireball lit up the night sky with a bright green-blue glow for several seconds, and loud rumbling, compared by some…

November’s Meteorite of the Month is Korra Korrabes, an ordinary (H3) chondrite found in 1996, in Namaland, Namibia.   According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 85): A 22 kg stone plus 11 smaller pieces totaling ~18 kg were found in 1996 November in a dry river bed by a farmer who was searching for Gibeon…

Dwaleni is an ordinary (H4-6) chondrite that fell the morning of October 12, 1970, near Nhlangano, Swaziland.   According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 50): Explosions, variously described as eight distinct explosions, a series of crackling explosions, three explosions and a series of staccato reports, accompanied disintegration of the meteorite over southwest Swaziland. The descent…