Honolulu is a 2.4 kg. ordinary (L5) chondrite that fell September 27, 1825. Honolulu is one of only two meteorites ever recovered from Hawaii, both of which were observed falls. The second was Palolo Valley, a 682 g. ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell in Oahu April 24 of 1949. The vast majority of meteorites […]
Sioux County
Sioux County is an achondrite (eucrite-mmict) that fell in Nebraska August 8th, 1933. The meteorite’s fall to Earth was well-recorded as it was mistaken for an earthquake by some, and written up in local newspapers. This article first appeared on page 5 of the Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), Thursday, August 10, 1933: Report Meteor Buried […]
Hangman Crossing
Hangman Crossing was found in May of 1976. This H4 chondrite was found by Mr. C.F. Miller, who discovered it near the Indiana county road intersection that gave the meteorite its name. Suspecting it to be a meteorite, Mr. Miller kept the stone until the birth of his grandson, 11 years later, to whom he […]
Bishunpur
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 […]
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, […]