Stony-iron meteorites
Of the 1,063 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), 11 are stony-iron meteorites: meteorites with roughly equal parts metal and silicate rock. The same dataset holds 173 complete find records of this group, so seen falls make up 6.0 % of its records. Median recovered mass of the falls: 45 kg. The heaviest is Estherville (320 kg, 1879). The earliest is Mineo in 1826. The most recent is Dong Ujimqin Qi in 1995. They were recorded in 10 countries: Russia (2), Spain, China, Papua New Guinea, the United States, Italy, Poland, Bangladesh, Iran, Japan.
Bright dots: falls in this group. Faint dots: all other observed falls.
Classes inside the group
| Class | Falls | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Mesosiderite-A1 | 3 | a mesosiderite, a breccia of metal and basaltic rock fragments |
| Pallasite, PMG | 2 | a pallasite, olivine crystals set in iron-nickel metal |
| Mesosiderite | 1 | a mesosiderite, a breccia of metal and basaltic rock fragments |
| Mesosiderite-A3/4 | 1 | a mesosiderite, a breccia of metal and basaltic rock fragments |
| Pallasite | 1 | a pallasite, olivine crystals set in iron-nickel metal |
| Mesosiderite-A3 | 1 | a mesosiderite, a breccia of metal and basaltic rock fragments |
| Mesosiderite-B2 | 1 | a mesosiderite, a breccia of metal and basaltic rock fragments |
| Pallasite, PMG-an | 1 | a pallasite, olivine crystals set in iron-nickel metal |
When they fell
The 1930s hold the most falls of this group: 3.
Every fall in the group
| Year | Fall | Class | Country | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1826 | Mineo | Pallasite | Italy | 42 g |
| 1842 | Barea | Mesosiderite-A1 | Spain | 3.2 kg |
| 1879 | Estherville | Mesosiderite-A3/4 | United States | 320 kg |
| 1880 | Veramin | Mesosiderite-B2 | Iran | 54 kg |
| 1898 | Zaisho | Pallasite, PMG-an | Japan | 330 g |
| 1902 | Marjalahti | Pallasite, PMG | Russia | 45 kg |
| 1933 | Dyarrl Island | Mesosiderite-A1 | Papua New Guinea | 188 g |
| 1935 | Patwar | Mesosiderite-A1 | Bangladesh | 37 kg |
| 1935 | Łowicz | Mesosiderite-A3 | Poland | 59 kg |
| 1981 | Omolon | Pallasite, PMG | Russia | 250 kg |
| 1995 | Dong Ujimqin Qi | Mesosiderite | China | 129 kg |