Coorara is an L6 chondrite found in 1966 north of Haig, Western Australia. It was within veinlets in this meteorite that the mineral majorite was first identified, in 1970 (Smith & Mason, Science). Majorite is a purple high-pressure garnet with a hardness of 7 – 7 ½. In Coorara, and other chondrite meteorites, it occurs […]
Category: Meteorites
Bouvante
Bouvante is a eucrite (monomict breccia) achondrite discovered by a French police officer on July 30th, 1978, while he and his family were picnicking. One 8.3 kg, black fusion-crusted meteorite was recovered from a 50-60 cm deep hole, and was the only specimen found. The Bouvante meteorite has been featured on two different countries’ postage […]
Marjalahti
Marjalahti is one of only 4 witnessed pallasite falls. Marjalahti fell June 1st, 1902, in what is now the Republic of Karelia, a federal subject of Russia. Approximately 45 kg were recovered. Upon examination, it was determined that the olivine crystals contained in this pallasite were of such consistently high purity that they should be […]
Puerto Lápice
Puerto Lápice is a brecciated eucrite (achondrite). According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 93), a brilliant fireball was visible all over Spain, travelling northward, just before 6 PM on May 10, 2007. The meteorite was tracked by the Spanish Fireball Network and fell in and around an olive grove in Ciudad Real, Castilla-La-Mancha. To date, […]
Gujba
Gujba is a bencubbinite (carbonaceous chondrite). According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 85), Gujba was witnessed by the occupants of the village of Bogga Dingare, Nigeria, as it fell in a cornfield the evening of April 3rd, 1984. Because the villagers broke it into several pieces, the original mass of the meteorite is unknown but […]
