Our Meteorite Collection

Category:   Chondrite
Class:   Ordinary
Group:   H4
Catalog #:   M831
Year Found:   1871
Location:   Beja District, Portugal

The Ourique meteorite was observed falling in the 2000 hour of June 14, 1871 in the Beja District in Portugal. The total weight when found was around 20 kilograms. The Monnig collection owns a 212.0 gram piece of the meteorite that is a fragment with crust.