Coahuila
A find, recorded in 1837 in Mexico · 2.1 tonnes recovered · Iron, IIAB
Coahuila ranks 28th by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Of the 75 complete find records in Mexico, it is the fifth-heaviest. Only two observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 28.700° N, 102.733° W
Rings every 200 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Peña Blanca Spring, 163 km to the north, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1946). In 1837, the year Coahuila entered the record, three meteorites were seen to fall: Yonozu in Japan, Gross-Divina in Slovakia, Esnandes in France.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peña Blanca Spring | 1946 | Aubrite | 70 kg | 163 km north |
| 2 | Allende | 1969 | CV3 | 2 tonnes | 319 km south-west |
| 3 | Monahans (1998) | 1998 | H5 | 2.6 kg | 324 km north |
| 4 | Ceniceros | 1988 | L3.7 | 1 kg | 350 km south-west |
| 5 | Malaga | 1933 | Ordinary chondrite | 150 g | 409 km north |
Coahuila among other finds
In the record, 101 finds carry the label Iron, IIAB, against six observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IIAB) is Braunau, 9,364 km away in the Czech Republic, one of six such falls. Among the other giant finds, Chupaderos lies closest: 300 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Navajo (2.2 tonnes) and Campinorte (2 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Toluca | Iron, IAB-sLL | 1776 | 3 tonnes |
| 5 | Coahuila | Iron, IIAB | 1837 | 2.1 tonnes |
| 6 | Casas Grandes | Iron, IIIAB | 1867 | 1.5 tonnes |