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Molina de Segura: the largest meteorite fall in Spain

This paper aims to bring to light this emblematic and remarkable meteorite event in the social-scientific context of 1858 by: giving a brief overview of the evolution of research on meteorites in Spain; explaining the circumstances surrounding the fall, recovering unique historical documentation about the event; and describing its main mineralogical, petrologic and geochemical features. Finally, a minor change of the meteorite's name is proposed, in line with the renaming of the locality of the fall.
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Title: Molina de Segura: the largest meteorite fall in Spain
Authors: Jesüs Martínez-Frías and Rosario Lunar Hernéndez

This year is the 150th anniversary of the largest meteorite fall in Spain: the Molina H5 ordinary chondrite. This paper aims to bring to light this emblematic and remarkable meteorite event in the social-scientific context of 1858 by: giving a brief overview of the evolution of research on meteorites in Spain; explaining the circumstances surrounding the fall, recovering unique historical documentation about the event; and describing its main mineralogical, petrologic and geochemical features. Finally, a minor change of the meteorite's name is proposed, in line with the renaming of the locality of the fall.

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The Molina (H5) meteorite fell in Murcia, Spain, on the 24th December, 1858.
A total mass of 144 kg was recovered.

38° 7'N, 1° 10'W



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Se cumplen 150 años del impacto del mayor meteorito caído en España
En la madrugada de la Nochebuena de 1858 "las personas que estaban en las calles, en los caminos y en los campos vieron aparecer un magnífico globo de fuego de una brillantez extraordinaria y deslumbradora, que ostentando los colores del arco iris, oscureció la luz de la luna y descendió majestuosamente desde las regiones aéreas". Así se recoge en un informe encargado por Rafael Martínez Fortún, vecino del municipio murciano de Molina de Segura, en cuya hacienda cayó el mayor meteorito recogido en España. En 1863 la reina Isabel II aceptó su donación al Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), donde se conserva y exhibe desde entonces.

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Molina de Segura: the largest meteorite fall in Spain.

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On Christmas Eve, 1858 some people in a small Spanish town could be forgiven if they thought the world was ending.
One witness speaking of the event that occurred 150 years ago said that "at a quarter past two in the morning" the atmosphere was suddenly illuminated by "a huge star of a brightness that eclipsed the moon, and that moved from overhead towards the north."

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