FALL OF THE LA CRIOLLA, ARGENTINA, STONY METEORITE
Name: LA CRIOLLA
Place of fall: E. of Estancion La Criolla, 15 km WNW. of Concordia, Entre Rios province, Argentina.
31°14’S., 58°10’W
Date of fall: 6 January, 1985, 1815 hrs.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6).
Number of individual
specimens: Not reported, but many.
Total weight: 35 kg, approximately
Circumstances of fall: After a bright fireball and many detonations, tens of meteorites fell over a 7 x 10 km ellipsoid area E. of Estancion La Criolla. Three fragments recovered weighed 6.1 kg, 1.95 kg and 750 g.
Source: SEAN Bulletin, 1985, 10, no. 2, 16. The 6.1 kg stone is now in Los Angeles, University of California.
