Campo Sales. 111g

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.

Campo Sales. 111g. Collection
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