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Abu Moharek
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H4 Al Wadi al Jadid,
Egypt - Found 1997 - 4.5kg |
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one mass of about 4.5 kilos was found in the sand dunes near Al Wadi
al Jadid in south-west Egypt in 1997. It turned out to be an
Ordinary Chondrite, a stony meteorite, with a dark matrix and fine
metal flakes.
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Acapulco
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Acapulcoite
Guerrero, Mexico - Fall 1976 - 1914g |
The fall was collected
by Sr. Leodegario Cardenas. He reported that "the bolide followed a
west to east trajectory, producing a buzz similar to that of a small
aeroplane and an impact like that of a cannon ball. It landed by 11
in the morning, and it was collected from a small crater, some 30 cm
deep, 15 minutes later; the bush around was splashed radially away
and the stone was cool." The coordinates are those of the fall site.
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AGOULT
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Eucrite Centre-South, Morocco - Found 2000
- 82g |
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82 gram stone was found by a person prospecting for
meteorites. Mineralogy and classification (J. Barrat,
UAng; P. Gillet, ENSL): a crusted stone; broken surfaces
show a himogenious, sugary textured interior; many 120
degree contacts are present between grains. Pyroxene
ranges from Fs58.9 Wo4.4 to Fs30.6 Wo41.1. Bulk
composition shows a flat rare earth pattern with a small
positive Eu anomaly.
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Al Mahbas*
- Pallasite
- Western Sahara - ~3kg
Found
August 2004 in the Western Sahara at coordinates 27 14'
25.7" N., 8 50' 49.5" W.
Small fragments are often completed oxidized while
larger masses contain metal. Olivine crystals are less
weathered and often make up major portion of small
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Aldama
(B) - H5 Durango, Mexico - Found 1996 - 66.5g |
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A 66.5 g
stone was found by a rockhound while searching for
minerals. Mineralogy and classification (J. Otto,
Frei): olivine, Fa18.7; pyroxene, Fs16.5Wo1.6;
plagioclase, An12.4Or5.6; shock
stage S2; weathering grade W3. Specimens: main mass,
SML; type specimen, Frei. The iron
meteorite found in the same vicinity in 1985 will be
named henceforth Aldama (a).
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ALLAN HILLS 76009 - L6
Antarctica - Found 1976 or 1977 - 407kg |
Found
during a helicopter search over an area of bare ice
during the 1976-1977 season of the U.S.-Japan Joint
Antarctic Expedition. Stone possesses remnants of a
black fusion crust (~1 mm thick). Much of the crust is
fractured in a polygonal pattern. The specimen is
fractured. One large, severely weathered fracture runs
through the meteorite. Dimensions: 18 x 13 x 7.6 cm.
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Alnif
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H5
Centre-South, Morocco - Found 1992 - 8kg |
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An 8 kg stone was
purchased in 1992 April by Alain Carion in a mineral
shop in Risani, Morocco. The seller said it had been
collected with trilobites near Oum-Jrane,
~60
km south of Alnif. Mineralogy and classification (M.
Bourot-Denise, MNHNP): olivine, Fa19.3;
pyroxene Fs17.3Wo1.7; plagioclase,
Ab83.0An10.6; shock stage S2;
neumann bands noted in kamacite; weathering grade W2.
Specimens: main mass, Alain Carion; 81 g, MNHNP.
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Ashmore
- H5 Texas, USA - Found 1969 - 55.4kg |
The
meteorite was found by Paul Caughron during deep
plowing. It lay at a depth of approximately 18 inches
within the soil, with its large side down and its nose
up.
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Bensour -
LL6 South,
Morocco - Fall 2002 - 45kg |
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Eyewitness accounts from several nomads in the border
region of Morocco and Algeria attest to a significant
fall of many individual stones on February 11, 2002.
However these reports are not detailed. Total weight is
estimated to be in excess of 45 kg. Individual stones
(up to 9.2 kg) are very pale grey with a glistening
black fusion crust. Classification and mineralogy (A.
Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Very fine grained
monomict breccia composed of olivine (Fa31.6,
FeO/MnO = 60.0), orthopyroxene (Wo3.5Fs24.3,
FeO/MnO = 36.6), clinopyroxene, and sodic plagioclase
with subordinate Ni-rich Fe-Ni metal, troilite and
chromite. Sparse chondrules are present. Oxygen
isotopes (D. Rumble, CIW): analyses of two whole
rock fragments by laser fluorination gave δ18O
= +5.3
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0.1, δ17O = +4.0
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0.1, Δ17O = +1.20
±
0.01‰. Specimens: type specimen, 20 g, and one polished
thin section, UWS; 1.5 kg, Hupé, main
mass, 9.2 kg, Farmer.
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Bilanga -
Diogenite
Gnagna, Burkina Faso - Fall 1999 - 25kg |
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After a
widely witnessed shower, at least 25 kg of meteorites
with fresh black fusion crust were collected, comprising
many stones. Pieces are reported to have fallen in the
villages of Bilanga-Yanga and Gomponsago (coordinates
above apply to the latter). Classification and
mineralogy (A. Bischoff, Mün): a diogenitic
breccia; Ca-poor pyroxene, Fs19–22, mean Fs20.5;
plagioclase, An75–83; Ca-rich pyroxene is
rare, one grain has En46.4Fs6.3Wo47.4.
Oxygen isotopes (R. Clayton, UChi): δ18O
= +3.41‰, δ17O = +1.35‰. Specimens: 7.5 kg,
Casper; 4 kg, Heinlein; type specimen, 8
g, Mün; 25 g, NHM; 20 g, TCU; 80 g,
Frei; 600 g, SI.
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Bluff (b)
- L4 Texas, USA - Found 1917 - 16kg |
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A study of
meteorites from Fayette County, Texas (McCoy et al.,
1995b), showed that the three Bluff stones listed in
Graham et al. (1985) represent two distinct falls.
Details are listed in Table 1. Classification and
analysis by Timothy J. McCoy and Klaus Keil, University
of Hawaii, Planetary Geosciences Division, Department of
Geology and Geophysics, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA, and
Arthur J. Ehlmann, Department of Geology, Texas
Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USA.
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Bouvante -
Eucrite-mmict Rhone-Alpes, France - Found 1978 - 8.3kg |
Found by
M. Luc Ezingeard, a police officer of Saint-Jean-enRoyans
(Drome, France), while picnicking with his family near
the lake at Bouvante. The stone, coated with a black
glaze, was recovered from a hole 25 cm across and 50-60
cm deep. Attempts to find other similar stones in the
area were unsuccessful.
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Broken Hill -
L6 New
South Wales, Australia - Found 1994 - 34kg |
A 34-kg
stone was found in an area of sand dunes. Mineralogy
and classification (B. Birch, Museum of Victoria,
Melbourne): homogeneous olivine, Fa25.6;
feldspar, Ab84Or6; contains rare
metal, abundant FeS. Specimens: main mass, Collector’s
Corner, Springvale Road, Keysborough, Victoria,
Australia; type specimen: Museum of Victoria, 328
Swanston Road, Keysborough, Victoria, Australia.
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Bruderheim -
L6
Alberta, Canada - Fall 1960 - 303kg |
The fall
of the meteorite shower was accompanied by a bolide
observed by many witnesses. This meteorite shower have
been collected over an area some 3 km across. The
investigation of the fall of the meteor shower and the
collection of meteorites have been made by Professor R.
E. Folinsbee, Chairman of the Department of Geology,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Campo del Cielo -
IAB-MG Chaco,
Argentina - Found 1576 - 50 MT |
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of Heaven" is the English translation for this historic,
yet affordable meteorite. First discovered in 1576, it
is one of the world's oldest documented meteorite finds.
In recent years meteorite hunters have expanded the
strewnfield and located many new specimens. These "new"
Campos are found in higher elevations and display much
more character than those from the early finds.
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Campos Sales -
L5 Ceara,
Brazil - Fall 1991 - 23.68kg |
A
meteorite shower fell in a rural area ~18 km E of the
village Campos Sales. W. Vieira, T. V. Costa and J. N.
Neto arrived 15 days later and recovered a total of
23.68 kg of stones from grainfields along a road. They
collected 35 large specimens, ranging from 3 g to 3.5 kg
(total = 21.3 kg), and ~300 fragments, spread over a
distance of ~3 km. According to local eyewitnesses, the
shower came from a WSW direction (70° against N).
Classification and analysis: olivine Fa25 0; pyroxene
Fs21.4; Ana Maria Dreher and M. Christophe Michel-Levy.
Type specimen and thin section: CBPF Centro Brasiliero
de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rua X. Sigaud 150, 22220-030 Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. Information and main mass: Walmick
Vieira, Physics Department, UFC, Caixa Postal 6030,
60451-970 Fortaleza, Brazil
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CANYON
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Nodules of
graphite are found in this iron meteorite and also found
separated by weathering from meteorite fragments in the
soil around Barringer Meteorite Crater. Often the
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product of the weathering of coarse octahedrite
meteorites found near Barringer Meteorite Crater. Often
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Cape York -
IIIAB
Nordgronland, Greenland - Found 1818 - 58.2 MT |
The
meteorite was discovered by Dr. Vagn Buchwald
(Copenhagen, Denmark), during a study of the locality
where the Greenland meteorites were previously
discovered. It was 6 km to the west of the point where
the two known specimens «Woman» and «Dog» were found
and is undoubtedly a part of the Cape York meteorite
shower. The meteorite lay on an ice-free slope 500 m
from the shore and was partly covered with gneiss
boulders. There was no crater and no crushing of rocks
discovered. The meteorite has temporarily been left
where discovered. The specimen found is the sixth from
the Cape York meteorite shower. Dr. Vagn Buchwald has
drawn up a summary of precise data on all the known
specimens as of September 1963.
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Cerro Mesa - L6 Argentina
- Found 2006 - 10.5kg |
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Clovis (no.1)
- H3.6 New Mexico, USA - Found 1961 - 283kg |
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Colony -
CO3.0 Oklahoma,
USA - Found 1975 - 3.91kg |
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