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Meteorite art
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Matthew Galpin creates meteorite art Artist and blacksmith Matthew Luck Galpin creates meteoric mirrors. He takes fragments of the heavens, shooting stars, into his studio and exposes their secret reflections in the heat of his forge. W...
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Awere meteorite
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The Awere (L4 chondrite) meteorite fell in Northern Uganda, on the 12th July, 1968. A total mass of 134 g was recovered. 2° 43'N, 32° 50'E
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Dresden meteorite
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The date was July 12, 1939 and this 88 pound chunk of space jetsam left a blazing trail across Ohio, Michigan and southwestern Ontario which attracted scores of scientists and astrologers when its landing spot became known. The meteorite hit with an impact that drove it five feet into the ground and i...
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Dunhua meteorite
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The Dunhua (Stone) meteorite fell in Jilin, China, on the 9th July, 1976. 43° 20'N, 128° 15'E Source
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Khanpur meteorite
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The Khanpur (LL5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 8th July, 1932. A total mass of 3.7 kg was recovered. 25° 33'N, 83° 7'E
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Berlanguillas meteorite
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The Berlanguillas (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Castilla y Leon, Spain, on the 8th July, 1811. A total mass of 1440 g was recovered. 41° 41'N, 3° 48'W
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Humboldt Bay Meteorite
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Huge Meteor Plunges Into Sea (or Not) "Huge Meteor Plunges Into Sea Narrowly Missing Tug," reads the page one headline of Eureka's old daily, the Humboldt Standard, for Sept. 13, 1930. Read more
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SAU 060 Meteorite
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Sayh al Uhaymir 060 20058.8' N, 57019.1' E
Oman
Found 2001 June 27
Martian meteorite (basaltic shergottite)
A small 42.28 g partially crusted grey-greenish stone was found near
to the area of previous finds of Sayh al Uhaymir 005/008/051/094. Source
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Farmington meteorite
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The Farmington (L5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Kansas, USA, on the 25th June, 1890. A total mass of 89.4kg was recovered. 39° 45'N, 97° 2'W
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Danebury meteorite
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The Danebury stone H6 chondrite meteorite, with weathered surface and no fusion crust, was uncovered in fill halfway down (about 70 cm) an Iron Age pit during an archaeological dig at Danebury Iron Age hillfort, England, in 1974. It is the first ever meteorite find on UK soil. The Iron Age hillfort si...
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Glenrothes meteorite
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A Fife meteorite hunter is set to sell a rock which fell from space named after Glenrothes. Rob Elliott, the owner of one of the largest meteorite collections in the world, is a full-time meteorite expert. He will sell parts of his world-famous collection at an auction in August by Lyon and Turbull Auc...
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Ur Meteorite
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Excavations during 1928 at an early Dynastic III royal cemetery in Ur, Iraq, found tool fragments of possible meteorite origin. The Age is estimated to be 2500 BC. Analysis: Fe 89%, Ni 10.9% Title: Meteors and Meteorites in the Ancient Near East Authors: Bjorkman, J. K [url=http://articles.adsab...
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Piplia Kalan meteorite
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A meteorite that fell in Piplia Kalan, a western Rajasthan village, has changed the way scientists think about the birth of the solar system. Piplia Kalan is a small, nondescript village in Pali district in western Rajasthan. People outside the district would not even have heard its name. Yet, it is...
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Renca meteorite
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The Renca (L5 Chondrite) meteorite fell in San Luis, Argentina, on the 20th June, 1925. A total mass of 300 g was recovered. 32° 45'S, 65° 17'W
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