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Basic information | Name: Aumieres This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1842 Country: France Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12494 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||
Comments: | Revised 2 Jan 2020: Added fall info and updated coords | ||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB online:
Aumieres
History (P.-M. Pelé, meteor-center.com): June 3, 1842, around 9:00 pm, a meteor was observed across a large part of southern France. In Toulouse, witnesses did not mention hearing an explosion. In Mende, a witness observed the bolide traveling approximately northeast to southwest, passing roughly over the city. Two minutes after the meteor disappeared, a thunderous roar was heard. That witness, an engineer, estimated that the fall took place about 40 km southwest of Mende; this calculation was nearly correct. At the same time, very close to the village of Saint-Georges-de-Lévéjac, the meteorite fell 1 m from a shack where a shepherd stood, according to testimonies collected after the fall by Mr. Lescure, a scholar living in Lavernhe. The place of fall is a hamlet today called Almières. | ||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
Toulouse: No contact information provided., France (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2011) |
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References: | Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Languedoc-Roussillon, France This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites from France (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms![]() |
Berrias (In NHM Cat) Lozere (In NHM Cat) St. Georges-de-Lévéjac (In NHM Cat) |