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Jalisco, Mexico
Fell 1993 December 23
Ordinary chondrite (L6)
Three stones, weighing ~5 kg, fell near the village of El Tigre. A fireball was witnessed in Puerto Vallarta and along a line in an east­southeast direction. Three stones were recovered several days later in a farmer's field. One stone (328 g) was purchased by a collector in 1994, location of the other two stones is unknown.

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The El Tigre (L6) meteorite fell in Michoacan, Mexico, on the 23rd December, 1993.
A total mass of 5 kg was recovered.

19° 58' 2"N, 103° 3' 6"W



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