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Gold Basin is a vast meteorite strewn field located in the desert of Mohave County, Arizona. Discovered in 1995 by individuals metal detecting for gold nuggets, the site has yielded thousands of individual meteorite specimens. It is classified as an L4 ordinary chondrite, meaning it is a stony meteo...
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Large L4 strewn field with abundant material, collector common, modest scientific uniqueness.
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Stubenberg is an LL6 ordinary chondrite meteorite that fell near the municipality of Stubenberg in Bavaria, Germany, in March 2016. It is notable for being one of the few German meteorite falls where researchers successfully reconstructed the fireball's trajectory. This reconstructed flight path all...
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Modern German LL6 fall with trajectory reconstruction, good documentation, ordinary class limits score.
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Ste. Marguerite is an H4 ordinary chondrite meteorite that fell in northern France in 1962. Classified as an equilibrated chondrite, it retains a well-preserved chondritic texture that provides a clear record of early solar system materials. Because it was an observed fall, the meteorite was recover...
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French H4 fall with preserved texture, useful cosmochemical sample, modest fame.
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Dhurmsala is an LL6 ordinary chondrite meteorite that fell in the Kangra district of India in 1860. It is a historically significant witnessed fall that broke apart in the atmosphere, producing several recoverable stones that were collected by local residents. As an equilibrated ordinary chondrite,...
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Witnessed Indian LL6 fall with multiple stones, historical value, moderate specialist importance.
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The Guareña meteorite is an H6 ordinary chondrite that fell in Badajoz province, Spain, in 1892. It is one of the more substantial historical meteorite falls recorded in Spain, and specimens are held in several museum and university collections. As an H6 chondrite, it represents a chemically equilib...
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Spanish H6 fall with regional significance, useful studies, limited global prominence.
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The Appley Bridge meteorite is an LL6 ordinary chondrite that fell in Lancashire, England, in 1914. It is one of the relatively small number of witnessed meteorite falls documented in Great Britain. As an LL6 chondrite, it belongs to the low-iron subgroup of ordinary chondrites, and its petrologic t...
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Rare British witnessed LL6 fall, historical interest, modest scientific uniqueness.
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Olivenza is a meteorite that fell in the Extremadura region of Spain in 1924. Classified as an LL5 ordinary chondrite, it is characterized by its low total iron content and highly equilibrated silicate minerals. As an observed fall, it is among the most historically significant meteorite specimens r...
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Notable Spanish LL5 fall, regional importance and useful studies, limited international fame.
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An H chondrite that fell in Hamilton County, Indiana, USA in 1991, witnessed by observers and notable for yielding a young cosmic-ray exposure age upon analysis.
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Witnessed H chondrite fall with exposure-age interest, small mass and modest fame.
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H5 ordinary chondrite that fell near Krasnyi Klyuch, Bashkortostan, Russia, in 1946, with multiple stones recovered after a witnessed fall in the Soviet Union.
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Witnessed Russian H5 fall, useful ordinary chondrite material, modest broader recognition.
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Glatton is an ordinary chondrite meteorite that fell near Glatton in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1991. Classified as an L6 chondrite, it was observed falling by a witness and recovered as a single stone weighing approximately 767 grams. Its classification identifies it as a stony meteorite with rela...
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Rare UK L6 fall, single-stone recovery, regional significance more than global impact.
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Plainview is an H5 ordinary chondrite meteorite associated with a broad strewn field near Plainview, Texas, where numerous individual stones have been recovered. The H classification indicates relatively high total iron, while petrologic type 5 indicates that its minerals were thermally equilibrated...
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Significant H5 find field, abundant material, lower fame and scientific distinctiveness.
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Jelica is an LL6 ordinary chondrite meteorite that fell in what is now Serbia in 1889. The LL classification denotes an ordinary chondrite group with low total iron and low metallic iron, while type 6 indicates extensive thermal metamorphism on its parent body. Recovered material is valuable to rese...
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Significant Balkan LL6 find, regional importance, limited broad literature and recognition.
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Forest Vale is an H4 ordinary chondrite meteorite that fell in New South Wales, Australia, in 1942. The H4 classification identifies it as a high-iron ordinary chondrite whose minerals and chondrules record moderate thermal metamorphism on its parent asteroid. It is used in meteoritical and planetar...
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Moderate H4 reference material, limited public recognition and narrower research footprint.
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