Allende

CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite

Fell February 8, 1969

Pueblito de Allende, Mexico

68.3 grams

Bassikounou

Bassikounou, Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania

Fall: 16 October 2006; 04:00 UTC

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

577 grams

GAO

Burkina Faso, Africa. Fell March 5, 1960. Ordinary chondrite (H5). Total known weight is 300 kilograms.

12 gram flight-oriented

27 grams  oriented

West (Ash Creek)

6 gram complete individual with pristine silky fusion crust, thumb-printing and lipping on one side.  Fell February 15, 2009. West, Texas. (L6)  Found March 2, 2009 and entered into the Michael Johnson Collection March 7, 2009.

6 gram complete stone

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