Meteor traveling at over 40,000 mph explodes over Medina County, Ohio

[jeff of pa]

 

[jeff of pa]

Meteorite hunter travels to Ohio after meteor's sonic boom heard in Northeast Ohio​

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Cosmic discovery in our backyard: Meteorite fragments found in Medina County​

 

[jeff of pa]

Here's where you could possibly find a meteorite​

 

[ToddsPoint]

A meteor is a streak of light produced from a space rock burning up in the atmosphere. Any pieces that survive and hit the ground are meteorites.

 

[Fred Finder]

Will a detector pick the fragments up?

 

[dowser]

Meteoright and Meteowrong

 

[jeff of pa]

Will a detector pick the fragments up?

in All Metal
Most have Iron in them

 

[jeff of pa]

Walking around with a A Magnet used for Magnet Fishing May do Better for the Tiny Bits

 

[Red-Coat]

Will a detector pick the fragments up?

in All Metal
Most have Iron in them

From pictures and descriptions I've seen so far of fragments claimed/believed to be from the fall, it appears to be an H Chondrite (ie high metal). Typically those have between about 25-31% total iron, with the major portion of that being native metal.

 

[jeff of pa]

I remember Reading we are Constantly Bombarded with microscopic
Meteorites.

I Remember Going on the Roof of my House with a magnet And Getting Dust & Near Dust . I Never Got Lucky with a Piece Worth Keeping

 

[ToddsPoint]

Lucky finders in OH. 1.3 lbs.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Another one!

I assume this is a chondrite sphere magnified?? There were no captions on these photos.

I’ve surface hunted for rocks and arrowheads for years. I wish one of those would strike near me. About all open ag fields with few houses.

 

[Red-Coat]

I assume this is a chondrite sphere magnified?? There were no captions on these photos.

I’ve surface hunted for rocks and arrowheads for years. I wish one of those would strike near me. About all open ag fields with few houses.

There are spherules visible in the picture but the image itself is not actually a spherule. It’s only circular because that’s the field of view for the photomicroscope used to take a picture of a small area (under polarised light to accentuate the features).


The most recent Illinois fall, but around 200 miles from you, was the Park Forest meteorite shower on 26 March 2003 in Cook County. Around 26kg of L5 (low metal) chondrites have subsequently been recovered in and around Park Forest. From the MetSoc Bulletin:

A bright fireball was seen by numerous observers in parts of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio around midnight of March 26, 2003. Numerous stones fell, mostly concentrated in the area of the village of Park Forest. At least two houses in Park Forest were struck, as was the Fire Station. Dozens of other stones or fragments of stones were recovered in the area in the hours and days following the fall. Total mass recovered is more than 18 kg, largest stone ~3 kg in possession of finder. Description and classification (S. Simon, UChi; M. Wadhwa, FMNH; P. Sipiera, PSF): Most stones are partly to fully fusion-crusted. Some broken faces show brecciated texture, angular clasts. Cross-cutting dark veins and dark pockets may be of impact melt origin. No visible chondrules in hand sample. Abundant troilite and metal visible in some broken faces. Chondrules and maskelynite are visible in thin section. Mean olivine composition Fa24.7, mean low-Ca pyroxene Fs20.7Wo1.6. Shock stage S5. Specimens: type specimen 515 g (hit fire station), FMNH. Other stones at FMNH: 1200 g, 529 g, 183 g, 159 g, 125 g.


Also, in September 1991, the Marengo meteorite, a single L6 chondrite weighing 68g was discovered by chance among rock piles at the side of a cultivated farm in McHenry County, Illinois. It’s not known where or when it actually fell.

 

[Red-Coat]

Experienced meteorite hunter Roberto Vargas has been making finds believed to be from the fall. He didn't provide details of the circumstances for this incredible specimen which must have experienced a very soft fall to preserve these delicate fusion crust features. His in-situ pictures show it surrounded by what appears to be organic material including wood and perhaps hay or straw.