Bondoc, Mesosiderite-B4
The story of the Bondoc mesosiderite is a remarkable one. A direct transcription from H. H. Nininger’s Find a Falling Star follows. …
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 …
[California], mesosiderite
This stone was found by Roger Plata in 2005, while he was metal detecting in the Mojave Desert. Roger suspected that his …
Clover Springs, Mesosiderite-A2
Clover Springs is a historic American mesosiderite. While it is one of just three classified mesosiderites with the subtype of A2, most …
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 in recorded history when it tore its way through Earth’s atmosphere above Iowa in …
Glorieta Mountain, anomalous pallasite
The first specimens of Glorieta Mountain became known to European settlers in 1884, when several large pallasite fragments were found on a …
Imilac, Pallasite
The Imilac pallasite was known to native peoples in the region for hundreds of years. It was first brought to the attention …
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.
NWA 7797, Mesosiderite
Here’s a beautiful, fresh mesosiderite with huge olivine crystals. 52.2 grams.
NWA 7798, Mesosiderite
Here’s another new mesosiderite from the Sahara. 20.5 grams.
NWA 7803, Mesosiderite
This cute stone doesn’t have a texture that resembles any other Northwest African mesosiderites I’ve seen. It’s also one of the least-weathered. …
NWA 7804, Mesosiderite
This find consisted of a fresh, oriented 331 gram mostly complete stone. Abundant olivine and pyroxene crystals are visible on the surface, …
Seymchan, Pallasite
The Seymchan meteorite was discovered in 1967: Buchwald described the recovery of the first specimens: Since then, many meteorites have been recovered …
Vaca Muerta, “Eucrite”
Vaca Muerta is a mesosiderite: a stony-iron meteorite characterized as a mixture of core, mantle, and crustal material, all mixed together by …