Gao, H5

On March 5th, 1960, stones fell amongst the rooftops of several villages near Burkina Faso’s border with Ghana. Sonic effects were heard …

Gashua, L6

Gashua was witnessed to fall in Nigeria in April, 1984.  I don’t have much to add to the Meteoritical Bulletin write-up. At …

Hamburg, H4

Hamburg was a fairly small fall that happened in the middle of Winter in Michigan — January 16th, 2018.  After hearing about …

Indian Butte, H5

From the Meteoritical Bulletin: We spent a few days in the area in the summer of 2013, but didn’t have access to …

Ivuna, CI1

Type-1 chondrites are fairly rare, partly because they are so fragile.  Atmospheric entry often results in very high mass loss for these …

Izarzar, H5

After hearing reports of a fireball in Morocco in late October of 2012, I kept an eye out for stones, but saw …

Karoonda, CK4

Karoonda is the type specimen of the CK-meteorite class, meaning that it is the first CK chondrite to be known or recognized.  …

Kennard, H5

This stone was obtained by Ralph Velich in 1961, and he documented everything fastidiously from then onwards.  He described how he obtained …

Kerman, R3

Kerman was purchased in 2009 from a German mineral dealer.  The small cut stone came from an old mineral collection with a …

Knyahinya, L/LL5

Knyahinya is a historic fall from Hungary.  It was one of the largest meteorite falls to have been observed at the time …