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Angers
Angers is an L6 chondrite. This daytime meteorite fall occurred June 3rd of 1822, and the stones landed in a garden in the city of Angers, France, located approximately 300 km south-west of Paris. Following, is an account of the event as later related in the Edinburgh Advertiser newspaper (Scotland): Tuesday, January 14, 1823 ACCOUNT […]
Stannern
Stannern is an achondrite belonging to the Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) group of meteorites, believed to have formed on the surface of asteroid 4-Vesta. Eucrites are the most common type of achondrite meteorite falls (vs. finds) and are believed to have formed from the cooling of magma on the surface of the Asteroid 4-Vesta; the number 4 […]
Fisher
Fisher is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell in Minnesota the afternoon of April 9th, 1894. Fisher is an L6 chondrite; the Meteoritical Society distinguishes L-group chondrites by their relatively low siderophile element content, moderate sized chondrules, and oxygen isotope compositions between those of H and LL group ordinary chondrites. Type 6 meteorites have been […]
Parnallee
Parnallee is an ordinary (LL3.6) chondrite that fell February 28th, 1857, in Tamil Nadu, India. Parnallee is a low-iron, low metal (LL) chondrite exhibiting abundant chondrules, un-equilibrated mineral assemblages, and a low degree of aqueous alteration. Over 77 kilograms of the Parnallee meteorite have been recovered to date. The overwhelming majority of meteorites recovered in […]
Alais
Alais is a carbonaceous chondrite that fell in southern France in 1806. Alais was the first recognized carbonaceous chondrite, and occurred just 3 years after the historic fall at L’Aigle convinced the scientific community that meteorites could, indeed, fall to Earth. On the late afternoon of March 15, 1806, residents of the rural communities of […]
Lissa
Note: While we usually feature a meteorite that's fallen in the current month, our Curator, Dr. Laurence Garvie, liked this photo so much that we decided to share it now, rather than waiting. Lissa is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell at 3:30PM on September 3, 1808, in what is now the Czech Republic, near […]
Tagish Lake
Tagish Lake is a C2-ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite that fell in Canada in 2000. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 84), the Tagish Lake fall was preceded by a bright fireball visible in northern British Columbia and the southern Yukon, and loud explosions the morning of January 18th, 2000. The meteoroid detonated at an altitude of […]
Dhajala
Dhajala is an ordinary chondrite (H3.8) that fell in Sayla Taluka, India. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB55), at roughly 8:40pm on January 28, 1976, a very bright fireball was observed near Dhajala. The fireball was significantly brighter than the full moon that night, and made a hissing sound. Detonations were also heard, and the […]
Ivuna
Ivuna is a carbonaceous chondrite (CI1)that fell in Mbeya, Tanzania the evening of December 16, 1938. While multiple stones may have fallen, only one 705 g piece was ever recovered. Ivuna is the type specimen for the CI chondrite group of meteorites, which are extremely rare; only 9 are known to exist on Earth. CI […]
Bath Furnace
Bath Furnace is an ordinary (L6) chondrite meteorite that fell the evening of November 15th, 1902, in Bath County, Kentucky. According to Henry A. Ward (1903), the fireball was readily visible as far south as Georgia and Louisiana, and as far north as Ohio, and was witnessed by two different scientific observors, in Ohio and […]
