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Tocache 3.8gr

Observed fall: Yes, confirmed fall Year fell: 1998 Country: Peru Mass:help 5.14 kg

Chelyabinsk 30gr Individual

History: At 9:22 a.m. (local time) on February 15, 2013, a bright fireball was seen by numerous residents in parts of the Kurgan, Tyumen, Ekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk districts. Images of the fireball were captured by many video cameras, especially in Chelyabinsk. Residents of the Chelyabinsk district heard the sound of a large explosion. The impact wave destroyed many windows in Chelyabinsk and surrounding cities. Many people were wounded by glass fragments.

Erg Chech 002 10gr

Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Algeria Mass:help 31.78 kg Achondrite-ung History: Numerous stones containing distinctive large greenish crystals were found in May 2020 near Bir Ben Takoul, southern Algeria, within the Erg Chech sand sea. Three of these stones (weighing 1839, 467, and 207 g) were obtained by Rachid Chaoui, and two of them were subsequently purchased by Mark Lyon and one by Jason Utas.

Punggur 3.09g

Observed fall: Yes, confirmed fall Year fell: 2021 Country: Indonesia Mass:help 6.6 kg Punggur 5°00’22.4"S, 105°16’11.9"E Lampung, Indonesia Confirmed fall: 28 Jan 2021 Classification: H7-melt breccia History: (Roberto Vargas, Mark Lyon, Elang Erlangga) At 9:53 pm local time (14:53 UTC) on 28 January 2021, residents in southern Sumatra heard loud booms that shook their houses. The sonic boom was registered by the Indonesia Tsunami Early Warning System (InaTEWS).

Campos Sales 70gr

Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1991 Country: Brazil Mass:help 23.68 kg A meteorite shower fell in a rural area ~18 km E of the village Campos Sales. W. Vieira, T. V. Costa and J. N. Neto arrived 15 days later and recovered a total of 23.68 kg of stones from grainfields along a road. They collected 35 large specimens, ranging from 3 g to 3.5 kg (total = 21.3 kg), and ~300 fragments, spread over a distance of ~3 km.

Varre-Sai Full Slice 11gr

Year fell: 2010 Country: Brazil Mass:help 2.5 kg History: At about 21:00 UT (around noon local time) on June 19, 2010, a bright fireball was observed over the eastern side of Brazil. Mr. Germano, who lives at the border of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo, heard several explosions and saw two black objects falling. One ~600 g stone fell about 15 m from him. Early the next day, he found another piece beneath a banana tree. The site of the fall belongs to the city of Varre-sai.

Putinga 15g Slice, Micro from UNM and Newspaper

Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1937 Country: Brazil Mass:help 300 kg

L'Aigle

Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1803 Country: France Mass:help 37 kg

Patrimonio 14gr

Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1950 Country: Brazil Mass: 2.12 kg

Campos Sales 15gr

Ceara, Brazil Fell 1991 January 31, 22:00 local time Ordinary chondrite (L5) A meteorite shower fell in a rural area ~18 km E of the village Campos Sales. W. Vieira, T. V. Costa and J. N. Neto arrived 15 days later and recovered a total of 23.68 kg of stones from grainfields along a road.