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HISTORIC METEORITES 5: Italy, Spain.

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HISTORIC METEORITES 1: Switzerland, Germany, Austria.
HISTORIC METEORITES 2: France: 1492-1841
HISTORIC METEORITES 3: France: 1842-1934
HISTORIC METEORITES 4: England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland.
HISTORIC METEORITES 5: Italy, Spain.
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ALBARETO 1766 (Italy)

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Albareto LL4, Italy; fell 1766 July, 2.3 g


SIENA 1794 (Italy)

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Siena LL5 br.; Italy, fell 1794 June 16, 1.65 g, ex Museo civico di storia naturale, Milano


RENAZZO 1824 (Italy)

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Renazzo CR2; Italy, fell 1824, 0.736 g (ex coll. ASU, USA)


MONTE MILONE 1846 (Italy)

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Monte Milone L5 br.; Italy, fell 1846 May 8, 8.7 g, ex Museo civico di storia naturale, Milano


GIRGENTI 1853 (Italy)

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Girgenti L6 vnd.; Sicily, Italia, fell 1853 Feb. 10, 4.69 g, ex. Karl Coll., Germany


TRENZANO 1856 (Italy)

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Trenzano H6 vnd.; Lombardia, Italy, fell 1856 Nov. 12, 4.8 g with original AML label.


ORVINIO 1872 (Italy)

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Orvinio H6 black br.; fell 1872 August 31 in Italy, 0.64 g.

1872. August 31st, 5.15 A.M. (Rome mean time) Orvinio (...), near Rome.

A meteor was seen at daybreak by many observers in the provinces of Rome, Umbria, Abruzzo, and Terra di Lavoro. At first it appeared like a large star of red colour. It increased in brilliancy as it traversed the sky in a northerly direction, leaving a white train. At a certain point it became brilliantly white, and then vanished, a luminous cloud remaining, which was visible for a quarter of an hour. The meteor appears to have crossed the coast-line at a point near Terracina, to have passed over Piperno in a direction 7°W. of N., and moving N.N.E. over Cori and Gennazzano, to have exploded over the latter town. After the lapse of two to three minutes, two reports were heard, the first like that of a cannon, the second like a series of from three to six guns fired in rapid succession. The greater part of the stone fell at Orvinio, over which place the second explosion appears to have taken place, and some fragments were carried further northward. Six fragments of the meteorite, weighing collectively 3.396 kilogs., have been found.

Source: Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report - 1875, p. 250/251


ALFIANELLO 1883 (Italy)

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Alfianello L6; Lombardia, Italy; fell 1883, 23.5 g (ex coll. BM / NHM, London)


ASSISI 1886 (Italy)

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Assisi H5; Italy, fell 1886 may 24, TKW: 2 kg, 2.015 g, ex Museo civico di storia naturale, Milano



COLLESCIPOLI 1890 (Italy)

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Collescipoli H5; fell in Italy 1890 February 3, cut fragment, 3.452 g (ex coll. R. Elliott)


VALDINIZZA 1903

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Valdinizza L6; Italy, fell 1903 July 12, 4.55 g, ex Museo civico di storia naturale, Milano


VIGARANO 1910 (Italy)

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Vigarano CV 3.3; Italy, fell 1910 Jan. 22, 2.6 g with Museo Min. (Uni Roma) label

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Vigarano, CV type specimen, Italy 1910, 3.41 g (ex coll. MNHN, Paris).



BERLANGUILLAS 1811 (Spain)

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Berlanguillas L6 vnd.; fell in Spain 1811 July 8, 2.928 g (ex coll. NEMS)


NULLES 1851 (Spain)

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Nulles H6 br.; fell in Spain in 1851 November 5, 2.818 g, (ex coll. D. New).



MOLINA 1858 (Spain)

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Molina H5 br.; fell in Spain 1858 December 24, 38.3 g (ex. Langheinrich Coll., N.Y.)