NWA, Oriented Iron

This 267.5 gram heat-shield came from Aras Jonikas.  When I first saw photos, it looked so smooth and round that I thought …

Odessa, IAB

64,000 years ago, a massive piece of nickel-iron entered the atmosphere over what is now Northwest Texas.  It was a bad day …

Saint Augustine, IID

I don’t have much to add to the Meteoritical Bulletin write-up for this unusual iron. Here’s an image of the 21 kilogram …

Sikhote-Alin, IIAB

The single largest meteorite fall in modern history occurred on February 12th, 1947, at ~10:38 am local time.  In Primorsky Krai, a …

Toluca, IAB-sLL

A comprehensive description of the history and discovery of Toluca can be found in Farrington’s 1915 Catalog of North American Meteorites.  It …

Trenton, IIIAB

Trenton is a historic American iron first discovered in the 1850s in Wisconsin.  Masses of Trenton were initially known simply as the …

Udei Station, IAB-ungrouped

This iron is a witnessed fall from 1927, and it’s an odd meteorite chock full of interesting inclusions.  This particular specimen exhibits …