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Category:   Chondrite
Class:   Ordinary
Group:   L5
Catalog #:   M1095
Year Found:   2003
Location:   Cook County, Illinois

This meteorite is an observed fall. A bright meteor was observed in several midwestern states. The strewn field for this meteorite (the area over which the pieces fell) yielded many stones, several of which struck  homes and businesses in Park Forest, Illinois. The total mass of all the stones recovered is more than 18kg.