11.5 grams. H6
TKW 71.4 kg. Observed fall 13 June 1998, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA.
From the MetBul:
After detonations were heard and smoky trails seen in the sky, a shower of meteorites landed near Portales, New Mexico. 53 objects have been recovered, with a total mass of 71.4 kg. The largest pieces weighed 16.5 kg (witnessed to fall by Nelda Wallace and Fred Stafford), 17.0 kg (found by Elton Brown), and at least nine others over 1 kg. A 530 g fragment went through the roof of Gayle Newberry's barn and embedded itself in a wall, indicating a trajectory west to east. The elliptical strewn field is approximately 7.7 x 2 km, trending N60–65ºE, although recent reports may extend this somewhat.
     
Bernd writes:
11.5 gram partly crusted slice of Portales Valley with a minute spray of FeNi and finely dispersed
troilite but without those characteristic metal veins that most pieces usually show. |