Bishunpur is an LL3 ordinary chondrite that fell in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh at 3pm on April 26th, 1895. While four stones were preceeded by detonations and witnessed falling, two were lost shortly after recovery, and only the stones from Bishunpur and Parjabatpur, totalling just over 1 kg, were preserved. Of the […]
Category: Meteorites
Gao-Guenie
Gao-Guenie is an H5 ordinary chondrite that fell in the province of Sissili, Burkina Faso in 1960. For many years, this stone was the source of some confusion in the meteorite world! According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 39, MB 57, MB 83), approximately 16 stones were seen to fall in the village of Gao, […]
Centerville
Leap Year Meteorite! Centerville is an H5 ordinary chondrite of which only one 45.6g stone was ever recovered. Centerville fell in Turner County, South Dakota, February 29th of 1956. Although its fall was not witnessed, it was recovered the morning after, as it had punctured the aluminium roof of a machine shed and hit a […]
Barwell
Barwell is an L5 chondrite that fell near Leicester, in Great Britain. The afternoon of December 24th, 1965, a large fireball was seen travelling across England’s skies. Soon after, there was a loud sonic boom, and several meteorite pieces rained down upon the village of Barwell, in Leicestershire, hitting buildings and roads but, luckily, none […]
Chergach
Chergach is an H5 ordinary chondrite that fell in the Timbuktu district of Mali. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 94), the meteorites fell the 2nd or 3rd of July, 2007. The fall was witnessed by nomads, who reported seeing a smoke cloud and hearing several detonations during the day. Approximately 100 kg of material […]
