Bilanga, diogenite

The Bilanga diogenite fell on October 27, 1999 into and between the villages of Bilanga-Yanga and Gomposago, in Burkina-Faso.  The fall was …

Allegan, H5

Allegan’s a historic American fall from 1899.  It’s a fairly typical H-chondrite, with moderate porosity and well-defined chondrules. From Merrill and Stokes’ …

Ash Creek, Texas

On February 15th, 2009 at around 11AM local time, a small asteroid entered the atmosphere and broke up over Birome, Texas.  Larger …

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 …

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 …

Forest City, H5

Forest City was a seminal American fall, studied by some of America’s earliest dedicated meteoriticists. A detail of note regarding this fall: …

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 …

Izarzar, H5

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

Kainsaz, CO3.2

Not much contemporary information was published about this historic Russian fall.  From Meteor News – News from the Soviet Union Concerning Meteoric …

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.  …

Košice, H5

Košice was a relatively large fall in Slovakia in 2010.  Here’s the Meteoritical Bulletin write-up: A video of the fireball, recorded from …

Kunashak, L6

Kunashak fell as a massive shower of stones: at least 20 fell, with a total weight of over 200 kilograms!  The largest …

Leedey, L6

The Leedey meteorite fell in Oklahoma on November 35, 1943.  Following a large fireball, 24 stones were recovered, with a total known …

Mifflin, L5

Mifflin was a fairly small American fall with only a few dozen stones recovered, and a total known weight of 3-4 kilograms, …

Murray, CM2

Murray is a fairly uncommon American carbonaceous chondrite.  It arrived as a small shower of stones at around 1:35 AM on September …

Monze, L6

This fall took place in Zambia on October 5, 1950, at ~4:20 am local time.  Sonic effects were heard over an area …

New Concord, L6

There’s not much in the Meteoritical Bulletin on New Concord. I was able to track down a PDF of Farrington’s 1915 book, …

Novato, California

On October 17, 2012 at approximately 7:44 pm PST, a large fireball entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.  It was traveling …

Millbillillie, eucrite

Millbillillie is an odd one; it was apparently witnessed to fall in October 1960, but no one bothered to track down the …

Pasamonte, achondrite

Pasamonte is an unusual meteorite.  Early work pegged it as a polymict eucrite, but more recent studies have shown that its oxygen …

Serra Pelada, eucrite

Serra Pelada is a fairly typical, but pretty, brecciated Eucrite. Bulletin write-up: Many thanks to Ricardo Gazillo Neto, for making this 65.3 …

Tiglit, aubrite

As of 2023, Tiglit is one of 11 witnessed aubrite falls, and it’s ~the only one collectors can obtain fusion-crusted individuals of. …

Uasara, IIAB

Meteoritical Bulletin entry for Uasara. I have only a few things to add to the above description; Sierra Gorda and Negrillos are …

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 …

Novato, L6

For the story behind the stones, click here.

Oum Dreyga (Amgala), H3-5

Amgala was a small fall that occurred in a remote part of Western Sahara; the meteorite itself is a pretty breccia of …

Palca de Aparzo, L5

Oscar Turone visited the location and documented this 1988 fall — per the Meteoritical Bulletin: This 1995 Meteoryt! Magazine article describes the …

Putinga, L6

The Meteoritical Bulletin has scant information on the fall, but I was able to track down the following paper: Studies of Brazilian …

Park Forest, L6

At approximately 11:50 PM local time on March 26, 2003, the Chicago suburb of Park Forest was pelted with rocks from space.  …

Patrimonio, L6

Patrimonio fell on August 6, 1950, in Brazil.  Per Grady’s Catalogue of Meteorites, approximately 20 stones were recovered, the largest of which …

Pervomaisky, L6

Pervomaisky fell on 26 December, 1933, in the USSR.  A total of 97 stones weighing a total of approximately 49 kg were …

Richardton, H5

Richardton fell in North Dakota at 21:48 on 19 June, 1918.  The bolide was seen up to 400 miles away, and sonic …

St. Mark’s, EH5

This is another historic and fairly rare African meteorite from the collection of Gilbert Gauthier.  Here is an excerpt from A Cape …

Sołtmany, L6

On April 30, 2011, just past 6am local time, a ~1 kilogram meteorite fell through the roof and eaves of a building …

Sulagiri, LL6

Sulagiri is the largest witnessed fall to occur on the Indian subcontinent.  Over 150 kilograms of stones were recovered following a large …

Tarda, C2-ungr

Tarda is a rare ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite.  Aqueously altered meteorites are a popular research topic right now, and a great deal of …

Tenham, L6

Tenham was a spectacular meteorite fall that occurred in a remote and sparsely populated area of Queensland in 1879.  From the Queensland …

Thuathe, H4/5

The Meteoritical Bulletin write-up contains a fairly detailed account of the fall: Here are a few papers describing the fall: The Thuathe …

Vernon County, H6

This meteorite has a wonderful history.  A bright fireball was observed on the morning of March 25, 1865.  The fall was witnessed …

Weston, H4

Weston was the first witnessed, recovered, American fall.  There are some great anecdotes from the eyewitnesses and other important persons of the …

Tranquillity, California

That’s right.  Tranquillity, with two L’s.  This small town in California’s Central Valley was ground zero for California’s newest fall. From Peter …