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Elbert meteorite (LL6)

Elbert fell January 11, 1998 in a field near the town of Elbert in Elbert County, Colorado. A fireball was seen and reported in several newspapers. On March 4, 2000 a young boy, Dustin Riffel, was walking with his mother when he found the LL6 ordinary chondrite which weighed 680.5g.

For more details about this, go to its Meteoritical Bulletin page: Elbert

Some photos of this meteorite are below.


A crusted whole individual of Elbert.
Photo © Matt Morgan (Mile High Meteorites



A crusted whole individual of Elbert.
Photo © Matt Morgan (Mile High Meteorites)


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