Park Forest vs Ensisheim

Park Forest is an L5 ordinary chondrite that fell over northeastern Illinois on March 26, 2003. A bright fireball fragmented above the Chicago suburbs, scattering stones across Park Forest and nearby communities; several fragments struck houses and other property. Its well-documented fall, rapid recovery, and unusual urban strewn field make it useful to researchers and collectors studying ordinary...

The Ensisheim meteorite is an LL6 ordinary chondrite that fell in a field near Ensisheim, Alsace, on 7 November 1492. Contemporary accounts recorded the event, and much of the stone was preserved after local people initially removed fragments. King Maximilian, later Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, treated the fall as an omen, while the surviving mass is displayed in Ensisheim and remains an impor...