chicora meteorite

[johnnyboy25]

anybody have any info on this 450 ton monster. it exploded 12 miles up over town of chicora, pa. in 1938,less than 2lbs. were recovered.i live about 45 minutes from there and am thinking of giving it a look.all i can find on-line is basic info.does anyone know its estimated speed and direction,etc.? anything you have will be greatly appreciated....thanks...hh....jb

 

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[Tuberale]

anybody have any info on this 450 ton monster. it exploded 12 miles up over town of chicora, pa. in 1938,less than 2lbs. were recovered.i live about 45 minutes from there and am thinking of giving it a look.all i can find on-line is basic info.does anyone know its estimated speed and direction,etc.? anything you have will be greatly appreciated....thanks...hh....jb

The article below says 2 specimens were recovered: one weighing 242 grams, and one weighing 61 grams.

Try doing a search for Pennsylvania and meteorites, plus the weight: should be put exactly on where they were recovered.

 

[Blue2cooter]

I know where there is a meteorite looking rock in the allegheny river probably over a ton if I had to guess. And a magnet sticks to it, but the chicora meteorite was mostly rock........

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

450 tons would still have a smoldering hole in the ground.

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/meteorcrater.html

 

[Handcannon]

Here's another link, though it's a little sparse on details as well Meteoritical Bulletin: Search the Database table&code=5349

 

[Charl]

Here's the entry in the Met Bulletin, along with the coordinates...

Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Chicora

 

[Alex Burke]

It says its low mineral low iron so it may be hard to find chalactite spelling* with a detector I'm not sure just thought I'd throw it out there in case it would change your tactics to capture said meteor. Maybe someone here knows for sure.