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MODERN FALLS:


ALLENDE
Fell 8th February, 1969 @ 0105 hrs
Chihuahua, Mexico
TKW 2MT
Sample: 13g
CV3 carbonaceous chondrite
Mexico
1969



MURCHISON
Fell 28th September, 1969 @ 1058 hrs
Victoria, Australia
TKW 100kg
Sample: 0.14g
CM2 carbonaceous chondrite
Australia
1969



KABO
Fell 25th April, 1971 @ 1630  hrs
Kano State, Nigeria
TKW 13.4kg
Sample: 0.38g
H4 ordinary chondrite
Nigeria
1971



VALERA
Fell 15th October, 1972
Truhillo, Venezuela
TKW 50kg
Sample: 2.6g
L5 ordinary chondrite
Venezuela
1972



TUXTUAC
Fell 16 October, 1975 @ 1820 hrs
Zacatecas, Mexico
TKW 30kg
Sample: 0.52g
LL5 ordinary chondrite
Mexico
1975




JILIN
Fell 8th March, 1976 @ 1500 hrs
Jilin, China
TKW 4MT
Sample: 1.76g
H5 ordinary chondrite
China
1976



JUMAPALO
Fell 13th March, 1984
Central java, Indonesia
TKW 3.49kg
Sample: 1.94g
L6 ordinary chondrite
Indonesia
1984



GASHUA
Fell April, 1984
Dapchi, Nigeria
TKW 4160g
Sample: 0.94g
L6 ordinary chondrite
Nigeria
1984




GUJBA
Fell 3rd April, 1984
Yobe, Nigeria
TKW 100kg
Sample: 2.0g
CBa bencubbinite carbonaceous chondrite
Nigeria
1984




ZAOYANG
Fell 18th October, 1984
Hubei, China
TKW 14.25kg
Sample: micro
H5 chondrite
China
1984



CAMPOS SALES
Fell 31st January, 1991
Ceará, Brazil
TKW 23.68kg
Sample: 4.7g
L5 ordinary chondrite
Brazil
1991



GLATTON
Fell 5th May, 1991 @ 1230 hrs
Cambridgeshire, England
TKW 767g
Sample: 0.4g
L6 ordinary chondrite
England
1991



MOUNT TAZERAIT
Fell 21st August, 1991
Tahoua, Niger
TKW 110kg
Sample: 3.2g
L5 ordinary chondrite
Niger
1991



MBALE
Fell 14th August, 1992 @ 1540 hrs
Eastern Uganda
TKW 150kg
Sample: 0.08g
L5/6 ordinary chondrite
Uganda
1992



DONG UJIMQIN QI
Fell 7th September, 1995 @ 1335 hrs
Nei Mongol, China
TKW 128.8kg
Sample: 0.66g
Mesosiderite
China
1995



JUANCHENG
Fell 15th February, 1997 @ 1523 hrs
Shandong Province, China
TKW 100kg
Sample: 0.068g
H5 ordinary chondrite
China
1997



PORTALES VALLEY
Fell 13th June, 1998 @ 0730 hrs
New Mexico, USA
TKW 71.4kg
Sample: 0.27g
H6 metal-rich ordinary chondrite
USA
1998



KUNYA-URGENCH
Fell 20th June, 1998
Dashkhowus Velayat, Turkmenistan
TKW 1.1MT
Sample: 4.87g
H5 ordinary chondrite
Turkm'stan
1998



ZAG
Fell 4/5th August, 1998
Morocco
TKW 175kg
Sample: 7g
H3-6 ordinary chondrite
Morocco
1998



DASHOGUZ
Fell 5th September, 1998
Turkmenistan
TKW 7000g
Sample: 0.76g
H5 ordinary chondrite
Turkm'stan
1998



OURIQUE
Fell 28th December, 1998 @ 0050 hrs
Beja, Portugal
TKW 20kg
Sample: 1.14g
H4 ordinary chondrite
Portugal
1998



BILANGA
Fell 27th October, 1999 @ 1030 hrs
Bilanga, Burkina Faso
TKW 25kg
Sample: ~1g
Monomict diogenite
Burkina Faso
1999



DJOUMINE
Fell 31st October, 1999 @ 1845 hrs
Banzart, Tunisia
TKW 10kg
Sample: 2.12g
H5-6 ordinary chondrite
Tunisia
1999



TAGISH LAKE
Fell 18th January, 2000 @ 0843 hrs
British Columbia, Canada
TKW 10kg
Sample: 0.048g
CI2 carbonaceous chondrite
Canada
2000



BENSOUR
Fell 11th February, 2002
Morocco/Algeria
TKW 45kg
Sample: 4.24g
LL6 ordinary chondrite
Morocco?
2002




KILABO
Fell 21st July, 2002 @ 1930 hrs
Nigeria
TKW 19kg
Sample: ~9g
LL6 ordinary chondrite
Nigeria
2002



THUATHE
Fell 21st July 2002  @ 1349 hrs
Thuathe Plateau. Lesotho
TKW 45.3kg
Sample: 1.0g
H4/5 ordinary chondrite
Lesotho
2002



OUM DREYGA
Fell 16th October, 2003  @ 0200 hrs
Gour Lafkah Mtns, W Sahara
TKW 17kg
Sample: 3.3g
H3-5 ordinary chondrite W Sahara
2003



BENGUERIR
Fell 22nd November, 2004 @ 1145 hrs
Morocco
TKW 30kg
Sample: ~35g
LL6 ordinary chondrite
Morocco
2004



BASSIKOUNOU
Fell 16th October, 2006 @ 0400 hrs
Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania
TKW 29.56kg
Sample: ~18g
H5 ordinary chondrite
Mauritania
2006



MOSS
Fell 14th July, 2006 @ 1020 hrs
Østfold, Norway

TKW 3760g
Sample: 0.065g
CO3.6 carbonaceous chondrite
Norway
2006




CALI (provisional)
Fell 6th July, 2007 @ 1630 hrs
Cali, Colombia
TKW 487g (TBC)
Sample: 0.05g
H/L4 ordinary chondrite
Colombia
2007




CARANCAS
Fell 15th September, 2007 @ 1645 hrs
Puno, Peru
TKW 342g (TBC)
Sample: 0.65g
H4-5 ordinary chondrite
Peru
2007




ZUNHUA (TBC)
Fell 12th April, 2008 @ 1650 hrs
Hebei, China
TKW ~4000g (TBC)
Sample: micro
H4 chondrite?
China
2008