VALERA

 

Valera

Fell 15 October 1972, killing a cow
Delivered with a copy of the original notary report

Chondrite

L5

Specimen is a 0.46g slice



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Valera
Basic information Name: Valera
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.

Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1972
Country: Venezuela
Mass: 50 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:   5th Edition   (2000)   L5
Recommended:       L5    
Writeup Writeup from MB 85:
Valera
Trujillo, Venezuela
Fell 1972 October 15
Ordinary chondrite (L5)
On the evening of 1972 October 15, a bright light accompanied by a loud noise was witnessed near the El Tinajero farm.  The next morning, Dr. Arginiro Gonzales and his guest, Juan Dionicio Delgado, discovered that a cow had apparently been killed by a falling stone. The stone had broken into three pieces weighing 38, 8, and 4 kg, respectively.  The largest specimen remained outdoors for decades after the fall. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa24.2±0.3; shock stage, S4; weathering grade, W3. Specimens: main mass, 24 kg, DPitt; 6 kg, Cott; 4 kg, Alan Lang; type specimen, 100 g, UCLA.
Institutions
   and collections
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 2011-10-17)
Cott: Michael Cottingham Meteorite Collection, P.O. Box 727, Silver City, NM 88062, United States (private address)
DPitt: Darryl Pitt, 225 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024, United States; Website (private address)

 

 

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