Collection highlights
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Nuevo Mercurio
Nuevo Mercurio is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell the evening of December 15, 1978, in Zacatecas, Mexico. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 57): "A bright fireball, traveling NE. to SW. and visible over a radius of at least 200 km, exploded over north-central Mexico and scattered meteorites over an elliptical area more than…
Leighlinbridge
Leighlinbridge is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell the night of November 28, 1999, in County Carlow, Ireland. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 84), “a bright fireball accompanied by detonations was observed over Carlow”. In an article from January of 2000, BBC News described the fall as spectacular, and cited witness accounts of the…
Manych
Manych is an ordinary (LL3.4) chondrite that fell in the Stavropol region of Russia. While the first 1.86 kg stone was found shortly after it fell in the village of Manych, October 21, 1951, it wasn’t until years later that a second piece of the Manych meteorite was identified. The second stone weighed 1.7 kg,…
Carancas
Carancas is an ordinary (H4-5) chondrite that fell in Peru, the afternoon of September 15, 2007. To date, over 340g of material have been recovered. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 93): A large fireball was witnessed to impact near the community of Carancas, in the province of Chucuito, region of Puno in the country…
Mayo Belwa
Mayo Belwa is an aubrite (achondrite) that fell August 3, 1974, in the Adamawa district of Nigeria. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 55): A fireball was seen by herdsmen and sounds were heard over an area extending to 25 km from the impact site. The stone was sent to the Geological Survey of Nigeria…
Kilabo
Kilabo is an ordinary (LL6) chondrite that fell the evening of July 21, 2002 in Nigeria. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 87): Mr. Mallam Yahava Muhammad of Hadejia, Nigeria, observed a brilliant fireball moving south to north. Two loud detonations were heard several minutes later. Mr. Mallam Audu and several neighbours in Kilabo heard…
Portales Valley
Portales Valley, an ordinary (H6) chondrite that fell the morning of June 13, 1998, in New Mexico. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 83): "After detonations were heard and smoky trails seen in the sky, a shower of meteorites landed near Portales, New Mexico. 53 objects have been recovered, with a total mass of 71.4…
Kiel
Kiel is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell April 26, 1962, in Kiel, Germany. The 738-gram (1.6-pound) stone went through the roof of a house, and was found the next day in the attic by the resident. No fireball or accoustic phenomena were witnessed at the time of the Kiel meteorite fall, however, the stone’s…
Renqiu
Renqiu is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell the afternoon of March 23, 1916, in Hopeh Province, China. While the stone was collected in 1916, it was not recognized as a meteorite until 1975, when the Peking Astronomical Planetarium recovered it from an elderly man whose grandfather had collected and kept the 355 g (12.5…
Ash Creek
Ash Creek is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell in McLennan County, Texas. The morning of Sunday, February 15, 2009, a bright fireball was witnessed traveling SE from Austin to Fort Worth, and was even recorded by a local television news cameraman. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB96), “sonic booms were widely heard for a…
