St. Mark's
Seen to fall in 1903 in South Africa · 14 kg recovered · EH5
St. Mark's is the third-heaviest of the 18 falls recorded in South Africa. It is one of 17 enstatite chondrites among the observed falls.
- Group
- Enstatite chondrites
- Recorded position
- 32.017° S, 27.417° E
The map is centred on St. Mark's. Rings every 200 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to St. Mark's is Idutywa, 87 km to the east. Within 250 km lie three other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idutywa | 1956 | H5 | 3.5 kg | 87 km east |
| 2 | Molteno | 1953 | Howardite | 150 g | 124 km north-west |
| 3 | Queen's Mercy | 1925 | H6 | 7 kg | 244 km north-east |
| 4 | Malvern | 1933 | Eucrite-pmict | 807 g | 292 km north |
| 5 | Thuathe | 2002 | H4/5 | 45 kg | 299 km north |
| 6 | Wittekrantz | 1880 | L5 | 2.2 kg | 419 km west |
What EH5 means
EH5 is the label for an enstatite chondrite of the high-iron EH group, petrologic type 5, moderately heated on its parent body. St. Mark's has the smallest recovered mass of the 2 EH5 falls. The nearest other EH5 fall is Saint-Sauveur in France, 8,829 km away.
St. Mark's in South Africa’s record
In date order St. Mark's is number 6 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 18 falls recorded in South Africa, which run from 1838 to 1973. The fall recorded before St. Mark's in South Africa is Jackalsfontein (1903); the next is Diep River (1906).
The 1900s
St. Mark's is one of 55 falls dated to the 1900s. Elsewhere, the record lists six other falls in 1903, among them Uberaba in Brazil, Dokachi in Bangladesh, Valdinizza in Italy.