Found in Western Sahara in 2022, this slice comes from the only mass found of this rare classification. Acapulcoites are named after the meteorite that fell in Acapulco, Mexico in 1913. They are primitive achondrites, a group whose chemical composition is similar to the composition of chondrites, but their texture is igneous, indicative of melting processes.
Bechar 006 is a lunar meteorite that comes from the Sahara desert, near the border between Morocco and Algeria and it was found in 2022. This slice comes from the main mass that was 2600g.
In July 2007 african nomads reported in Mali a smoke cloud and some detonations but no fireball was seen. This meteorite fall happened on the 2nd or 3rd of July but exact day is undetermined. In autumn and winter of the same year many fragments were finally found with a total known weight of about 100 kilograms. It is an H5 chondrite. This piece is remarkably fresh, complete and oriented.
On January 31st, 1991 at 22:00 local time, a meteorite shower fell in a rural area in Brazil ~18 km E of the village Campos Sales. 15 days later a total of 23.68 kg of stones was recovered from grainfields along a road. 5 large specimens, ranging from 3 g to 3.5 kg (total = 21.3 kg) were collected. According to local eyewitnesses, the shower came from a WSW direction. It is an L5 chondrite.
On September 6, 1918, at 15:00 hours UT, a brilliant fireball appeared over Ryazan, Russia. Seconds later many atmospheric detonations were heard throughout the surrounding countryside. Several stones totaling 328 kg were recovered in the Saratov Oblast. This is one of the very few pieces of Saratov (all dug up from one impact hole) that not only retains some fusion crust but also, clearly has soil stains from the impact. This is one of the largest fragments in private hands in the world.
