Alajuela, San Carlos County, Costa Rica
Class: Carbonaceous Chondrite(CM2)
Fell: April 23, 2019
Total Known Weight: 27 Kilograms~
Notes: A little after 9PM local time a fireball traveling from the WNW heading ESE was recorded by cameras on top of the Poas and Turrialba volcanoes. Soon after, a kilogram sized meteorite crashed through the roof of a house, damaging the rafters and a folding table inside. One specimen also fell through the roof of a doghouse. Many further specimens have since been found, but most pieces were not recovered until after rains had fallen in the area.
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SKU: MTAZ1
$50.00Price
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