Vermillion is an ungrouped pallasite that was found by farmers in Marshall County, Kansas, while planting a field. Although the 34.36 kg meteorite was discovered in 1991, it was not recognized as a pallasite until 1995. Vermillion is an unusual pallasite in that it contains 86 volume % FeNi-metal and 14 vol.% silicate minerals, including […]
Category: Meteorites
Veramin
Veramin is a mesosiderite (B2) that fell in Iran in 1880. The recovered mass of Veramin is 54 kg to date. Determining the exact date of the meteorite’s fall proved challenging, as reported in Meteoritical Bulletin 68: The fall of Veramin was first reported by F. Dietzch, a German mining engineer, who received a piece […]
Gruneberg
Gruneberg is an ordinary (H4) chondrite that fell in Poland the afternoon of March 22, 1841. At the time of the meteorite’s fall, the town was part of the Prussian region of Silesia. The Polish name for the meteorite is Wilkanowko. According to an account published in the American Journal of Science and Arts that […]
Little Piney
Lucky 13! Little Piney is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell in Missouri the afternoon of February 13, 1839. The meteorite’s entry was heard by local witnesses as it exploded between 3 and 4 PM, with 3 subsequent smaller explosions as it broke into pieces. The witnesses went in search of the stones they’d seen […]
Hessle
New Year’s Day Meteorite! Hessle is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell south of Uppsala, Sweden January 1, 1869, shortly after noon. This was the first meteorite fall ever witnessed in Sweden, and was seen by a number of people as they were leaving church. It was an overcast day in Hessle, so the bright […]
