Bondoc, Mesosiderite-B4

The story of the Bondoc mesosiderite is a remarkable one. An easy-to-read version can be found here: Al Mitterling’s Nininger Moment #27 …

Brenham, Pallasite

There’s not much on Brenham in the Meteoritical Bulletin, but I was able to track down this paper describing the excavation of …

Dalgaranga, Mesosiderite-A

The Dalgaranga crater was first described in 1938 by E.S. Simpson. It had been discovered by a local rancher some fifteen years …

Estherville, Mesosiderite-A3/4

Estherville was one of the most spectacular bolides yet witnessed when it tore its way through Earth’s atmosphere above Iowa in 1879.  …

Imilac, Pallasite

The Imilac pallasite was known to the native peoples of the region for hundreds of years.  It was first brought to the …

Marjalahti, Pallasite-PMG

Marjalahti is one of four witnessed pallasite falls as of 2014.  The only work I was able to find that thoroughly described …

Mount Vernon, Pallasite

From O. C. Farrington’s 1915 Catalogue of the Meteorites of North America, to January 1, 1909. Despite its rather large total known …

NWA 7788, Pallasite

This pallasite weighs 271 grams.  We have no plans to cut or analyze it, so it will probably remain provisional.