About Illinois Meteorites
As of right now there have only been 9 meteorites found in the state of Illinois. We hope to find more. We are quite sure that we have a few more new finds, these are yet to be confirmed or classified, but are in the process. We hope to have these authenticated and classified as soon as we can. We are still out finding more if them. More photos to come soon.
I am currently looking for photos of Illinois meteorites for this page. If you have an IL meteorite or if you know where I would be able to obtain photos of them? I will fully credit the collector for the photo.
Here is a link to the possible new IL meteorite finds.
The nine Illinois meteorites that have been confirmed are described below:
Benld: A 1,770g H6 stone fell through the roof of a garage in 1938 .
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Bloomington: Two LL6 fragments that could be fit together were found on a porch the morning after falling. TKW=67.8g
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Havana: The TKW and date of find of this meteorite is unknown. Two fine octahedrite IIICD/IAB iron meteorite beads were found in a Native American mound.
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Marengo: This L6 stone was found in a farmers rock pile next to a cultivated field. TKW=68g
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Photograph by and © Geoffrey Notkin/Aerolite Meteorites
Park Forest: Around midnight on the night of March 26, 2003 a bright fireball was seen by many observers in different parts of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio . Many L5 stones fell, mostly in Park Forest, IL. Stones even hit a Fire Station and the Garza family home. Dozens of other stones and fragments of stones were recovered mostly by meteorite hunters from around the USA that traveled there in the hours and days following the fall. TKW=18kg
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Photo and 1.5g micro of the St. Augustine are from the collection of Don Edwards.
St. Augustine (Etched)
St Augustine mass with finder.
Saint Augustine: In 1974 a farmer digging hole for fence posts came across two IID iron meteorites These two iron meteorites were found earlier by someone , but the were lost until the farmer found them. With a TKW=22kg
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The above four photos are of a book the meteorites from the Illinois museum. the book used to belong to the curator and was printed in 1977
Photo and 17.6g partial slice of Tilden are from the collection of Don Edwards.
Tilden
Tilden: Also in 1927 Three L6 stones fell in Tilden. One weighed 49.9kg, another weighed 20.9kg and the smallest one weighed 4.1kg
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Toulon: On a farm in 1962 five H5 fragments were recovered. All of these pieces could be fitted together to make one mass. TKW1.214
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Woodbine
Woodbine: In 1953 a farmer was plowing his field when he came across a 48.2kg Fine octahedrite IAB iron meteorite.
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