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Allende, CV3.2
Bassikounou, H5
Carancas, H4-5
Gao-Guenie, H5
Gujba, CBa
Foster, H4
Juanita de Angeles, H5
Kunya-Urgench, H5
La Colina, H5
La Luz, H4
Leedey, L6
Long Island, L6
Mahbse Aarraid, uncl.
Mreïra, L-chondrite
New Orleans, H5
NWA 869, L3-6
NWA 4419, R4
NWA 6508, EL3
NWA 6510, L4
NWA 7406, EL3
NWA 7801, CK5
NWA Main Masses
Ochansk, H4
Park Forest, L5
Pony Creek, H4
Red Dry Lake 064, H5
Renfrow, L6
San Bernardino Wash, L5
Santa Vitoria do Palmar, L3
Sierra Colorada, L5
Soltmany, L6
Sutter's Mill, C
Tulia (a), H3-4
Mahbse Aarraid, uncl.

This odd meteorite was marketed as a witnessed fall by the finders.  It supposedly fell on June 8, 2014, but was not recovered until several months later.  I spoke with Dr. Hasnaa Chennaoui about its analysis; she said that samples were being studied for short-lived radionuclides, and that it would be submitted as a witnessed fall if a recent date was confirmed. 

The fusion crust on some samples appears to be completely unweathered, but others appear to show some sand-blasting (natural) indicative of a terrestrial age of some years.  I am not certain if it will be called a fall or a find.  

The rock itself is quite interesting.  It is highly metamorphosed, with visible plagioclase grains as large as 2-3 mm visible on the surface of broken specimens.  The mafic clasts appear waxy; I have never seen a meteorite quite like it.  It has large troilite inclusions, which suggest that it is an LL chondrite.  It will most likely be classified as a brecciated LL6 or LL7, depending upon the scientist who analyzes it.  There is a small chance that it is achondritic and more closely related to diogenites. 

A number of stones have been well-documented; below is a photo of one such stone. 

 

 

 

 

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