Mineo
Seen to fall in 1826 in Italy · 42 g recovered · Pallasite
Mineo is the only fall in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013) classed Pallasite. It is one of 11 stony-iron meteorites among the observed falls.
- Recorded position
- 37.283° N, 14.700° E
The map is centred on Mineo. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Mineo is Patti, 97 km to the north. Within 250 km lie three other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patti | 1922 | Iron | 12 g | 97 km north |
| 2 | Girgenti | 1853 | L6 | 18 kg | 100 km west |
| 3 | Messina | 1955 | L5 | 2.4 kg | 126 km north-east |
| 4 | Castrovillari | 1583 | Unclassified stone | 15 kg | 309 km north-east |
| 5 | Sfax | 1989 | L6 | 7 kg | 456 km south-west |
| 6 | Djoumine | 1999 | H5-6 | 10 kg | 458 km west |
What Pallasite means
Pallasite is the label for a pallasite, olivine crystals set in iron-nickel metal.
Mineo in Italy’s record
In date order Mineo is number 8 of the 28 falls recorded in Italy, which run from 1490 to 2002. By recovered mass Mineo comes 25th of 28 there. The fall recorded before Mineo in Italy is Renazzo (1824); the next is Cereseto (1840).
The 1820s
Mineo is one of 23 falls dated to the 1820s. Elsewhere, the record lists two other falls in 1826: Pavlograd in Ukraine, Galapian in France.