Spade is an ordinary (H6) chondrite found in Lamb County, Texas, in October of 2000. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 87), “a single mass of 8.86 kg was found in a grass field by Mr. J. Talbert while farming.” Photo © ASU/BCMS. […]
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Crescent
Crescent is a CM2 carbonaceous chondrite that fell in Oklahoma, the evening of August 17th, 1936. The associated fireball was visible in Texas and Kansas, as well as Oklahoma, and the meteorite’s recovery was immediately organized. While the first stone, a 73-gram chondrite in fresh condition, was collected three days after the fall (by a […]
Thika
Thika is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell in central Kenya the morning of July 16, 2011. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 100): A bright fireball in multiple pieces was observed from southern Kenya traveling to the northwest around 10 am on the July 16, 2011. Residents around Kiambu County in the Thika District […]
Coolidge
Coolidge is a carbonaceous (C4-ungrouped) chondrite found in Kansas in 1937. According to Meteoritical Society classification, type-4 carbonaceous chondrites mostly have Mg/Si ratios near solar value, oxygen isotope compositions that plot below the terrestrial fractionation line, and abundant metamorphosed chondrules. At the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies, collection curator and research professor Laurence Garvie deciphers […]
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 […]
