F's..ARN's History of Meteorites... © 1996,2006 Astronomical Research Network Fabriano....................................43'19' N., 12'56' E. S. Anatolio, Ancona, Italy Fell 1776, January, or 1777, or February Doubtful. Stone. Several stones similar to those of the Siena shower are said to have fallen, but the evidence is not conclusive. Fairfield...................................39'20' N., 84'36' W. Butler County, Ohio, USA Found July 1974 Iron, coarse octahedrite (IIICD) An iron mass of 1600g was found by Roy Ballinger amoung material dredged by the American Materials Co. from 120 feet depth in a gravel pit in Pliestocene glacial deposits. Several other iron specimens may have been recovered at latter times. Fairview....................................34'6.5' N, 102'39' W Bailey County, Texas USA Found 1986 Iron. Octahedrite (IIIAB) A single mass weighing 28.8 kg was found in a field during a cattle round-up. Analysis, 7.56% Ni . Faith.......................................45'20' N., 102'5' W. Perkins County, South Dakota, U.S.A. Found 1952, recognized 1967 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). A large single stone weighing 105kg was found 23 miles NNE. of Faith. Falsey Draw..................................33'50.6' N., 103'56.2'W. Chaves County, New Mexico, USA Find Ordinay chondrite (L6) A 4.18kg was found by Kenneth Shirley. Shock stage S1,weathering grade W2. Main mass is with finder. Farley......................................36'20' N., 104'3' W. Colfax County, New Mexico, U.S.A. Found 1936 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5), veined. Two stones weighted 19.4kg together . Farmington..................................39'45' N., 97'2' W Washington County, Kansas, U.S.A. Fell 1890, June 25, 1300 hrs Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5), black, brecciated. After the appearance of a fireball, and detonations, a stone of 188lb was seen to fall, and another of 9lb was found. Analysis 21.22 % total iron, A fragment of an Apollo asteroid? Farmville...................................35'33' N., 77'32' W. Pitt County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Fell 1934, December 4 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Two stones fell, 56kg together . Farnum......................................40'15' N., 100'14' W. Lincoln County, Nebraska, U.S.A. Found 1937 Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). One stone of 4.2kg was found midway between Famum and Ingham in township 9, range 26 W, Lincoln County . Faucett.....................................39'37' N., 94'52' W. Buchanan County, Missouri, U.S.A. Found 1966 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). Following the discovery of the first 12lb stone in 1966, at least seven others have been found, totalling over 100kg in weight. They are internally fresh and may have fallen in the summer of 1907. Analysis, 26.59 % total iron. Favars......................................44'23' N., 2'49' E. Laissac, Aveyron, France Fell 1844, October 21, 0645 hrs Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). After detonations, a stone of 1.5kg was found. Fayetteville................................36'3' N., 94'10' W. Washington County, Arkansas, U.S.A. Fell 1934, December 26, 1158 hrs Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). A stone of 2.25kg was dug out immediately after its fall, another of 108g was found a few days later in a new hole, 3.5 miles away. Gas- rich; analysis of light fraction, 29.5 % total iron, and of dark, 25.5 % total iron, rare gas contents. Feid Chair..................................36'53' N., 8'27' E. La Calle, Constantine, Algeria Fell 1875, August 16, midday hrs Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4), brecciated. A stone of 380g fell . Felix.......................................32'32' N., 87'10' W. Perry County, Alabama, U.S.A. Fell 1900, May 15, 1130 hrs Stone. Carbonaceous chondrite, type III (CO3). After the appearance of a fireball and detonations, a stone of about 7lb was found. Analysis, 25.94 % total iron . Felsted....................................54'59'26'N., 9'29'31'E. Sonderjulland, Denmark Found 1977, recognized 1989 Iron. Medium octaherdite (IIIAB) An iron of 13.5kg was ploughed up by farmer Peter Jessen Analysis 8.4% Ni. Felt a......................................36'33' N., 102'47' W. Cimarron County, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Found 1970 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H). Two stones of 1.8kg and 3.6kg were ploughed up in one field . Felt b......................................36'35' N., 102'42' W. Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA Found 1990 Stone. Olivine-hypersthene (L3.8) One stone weighing 5590g was found by a farmer while plowing his field. For more information and main mass contact Blaine Reed. Fenbark.....................................30'26'25' S., 121'15'25' E. Western Australia, Australia Found 1968 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5), brecciated. A brecciated stone of 1.86lkg was found by nickel prospectors, 25 miles NNW. of Kalgoorlie and 30 miles from Credo. It is badly weathered, cracked and decomposed . Fenghsien-Ku................................34'36' N., 116'45' E. Tang-shan prefecture, Jiangsu, China Fell 1924, October 5, 1822 hrs Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). After the appearance of a luminous meteor, passing from SW. to NE., and detonations, stones fell near the town of Fefng-Hsien, a conical stone weighing 82g is described . Fengzhen....................................40'30' N., 113' E. Fengzhen County, Nei Monggol, China Found Iron. Octahedrite, medium. A 458g mass was found. Ferguson....................................36'6' N., 81'25' W. Wilkes County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Fell 1889, July 18 Stone. Chondrite. After detonations, a stone of about 0.5lb fell. It was sent to G.F. Kunz and was lost in New York City . Ferguson Switch.............................34' N., 101'30' W. Hale County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1937 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). A mass of 1.3kg was found . Ferintosh...................................52'48' N', 112'59' W' Alberta, Canada Found 1965 Stone. Chondrite. One stone of 2.20lkg was found . Fermo.......................................43'10'52' N., 13'45'12' E. Marche, Italy Fell September 25, 1996 3:30 pm Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H3-5) A single mass of 10.2 Kg was found .A farmer Mr. Luigi Benedtti heard an explosion followed by a crash two days latter Mr. Giuseppe Santarelli recovered the 10.2 kg mass. A breccia of mm to cm sized light and dark clasts in a gray matrix. Ferrette....................................47'30' N., 7'19' E. Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Fell 1947, November 2, 0200 hrs, approx. time Doubtful. Stone. A mass of about 7kg fell a few yards from Ferrette railway station, and was found at daybreak. It was broken up and only about 4.3kg were preserved. The main mass, once in the Ferrette Mus., is apparently no longer there. It was borrowed and then lost some years ago. The specimen is said to be of sandstone and not meteoritic. Fillmore....................................52'2'48' N., 107'14' W. Saskatchewan, Canada Found 1916, approx., recognized 1968 Iron. Octahedrite. A specimen of 113g, possibly found near Fillmore, was acquired by a teacher. In 1968 it was recognized as meteoritic by the Geol. Surv. Canada . Finmarken...................................70' N., 24' E. Finmark, Norway Found 1902 Stony-iron. Pallasite (PAL). A mass of about 77.5kg was found. Analysis of metal, 10.7 %Ni, 18.7 ppm.0a, 43.7 ppm., 1.8 ppm.Ir . Finney......................................34'16' N., 101'34' W. Hale County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1962 Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). A mass of 10.7kg was found . Finney (c)..................................34'17.9'N., 101'41'W. Swisher County, Texas, USA Find 1978 Stone Chondrite Ordinary Apx. recovered weight 492g . Fish Canyon.................................31º44.1'N 110º45.2'W Pima County, Arizona, USA Found 1992 August Iron, coarse octahedrite (IAB) A 27.3 g iron meteorite was found in a wash by John Harris. Classification and analysis (D. Hill and D. Kring, UAz): bandwidth, 1.85 mm; bulk metal composition, Ni = 6.50 wt%, Co = 3950 ppm, Ga = 72.8 ppm, Ir = 2.059 ppm. Specimens: 1.4 g, UAz; main mass with finder. Fisher......................................47'49' N., 96'51' W. Polk County, Minnesota, U.S.A. Fell 1894, April 9, 1600 hrs Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6), veined. In April detonations were heard and in June two stones were found, one of 9.25lb and a larger one, which was broken and mostly lost, later in 1895, two other small pieces were found, and in 1898 another stone of about 3lb. This analysis shows no alkalies and is a doubtful, 9.25lb . Flagg.......................................34'26' N., 102'31' W. Castro County, Texas, USA Found before 1954 Stone . Olivine hypersthene chondrite (L5) A single mass of 7.0 kg was found about 6 miles W of Flagg by J. O. Vaugn during ploughing . Flandreau...................................42'2.9' N., 96'35.5' W Moody County , South Dakota USA Found June 1983 Stone Ordinary Chondrite (H5) A stone of 21.36 kg was found by L. Kirkegaard in his cornfield. Fleming.....................................40'41' N., 102'49' W. Logan County, Colorado, U.S.A. Found 1940 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H3), black, brerciated. One mass of 1.75kg was found. Florence....................................30'50' N., 97'46' W. Williamson County, Texas, U.S.A. Fell 1922, January 21, 2000 hrs Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H3), brecciated. One stone of 3640g fell. The analysis shows more K than Na and is doubtful . Florey......................................32'31'21' N., 102'42'18' W. Andrews County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1978 Stone. Olivinc-bronzite chondrite (H6). A single stone of 110.8kg was found 12-15 miles SSW of Seminole . Floyd.......................................34'11'36' N., 103'34'30' W. Roosevelt County, New Mexico, U.S.A Found 1966, recognized 1967 Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L4). An individual of 13kg was found under a fence by an arrowhead hunter. Floydada....................................33'59' N., 101'17' W Floyd County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1912, known before this year Iron. Octahedrite, medium (0.9mm) (IIIB). One mass of 12.5kg was recognized in 1938, from SW, 1/4, wt. 8, block D5, Floyd County. Analysis, 9.1 %Ni, 21.1 ppm.Ga, 41.4 ppm.Ge, 0.013 ppm.Ir . Fluvanna (a)................................32'48' N., 101'7' W Scurry County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1967, approx. Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). More than seven pieces totalling over 9.5kg were found, the largest 6.3kg. Some have since been lost . Fluvanna (b)................................32'54'12' N., 101'9'46' W. Scurry County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1976 Stone. Olivinc-broiftzite chondrite (H6). Many fragments totalling 4.lkg were found . Follinge....................................63'44' N., 14'51' E. Ottsjon, Jamtland, Sweden Found 1932, September Iron. Octahedrite, finest (0.040mm) (IIICD). One piece of 400g was ploughed up. Analysis, 18.13 %Ni, 4.02 ppm.Ga, 3.15 ppm.Ge, 0.072 ppm.Ir. One of the smallest individual irons found , a well preserved drop like mass with crust . Forrest..........30'47'S,127'45'E apx Nullabor,Western Australia, Australia Found 1990 Forest 001 H5
Forest 002 L6
Forest 003 H3
Forest 004 L6
Forest 005 H4
Forest 006 L6
Forest 007 H4
Forest 008 L6
Forest 009 L6
Forest 010 L4
Forest 011 H5
Forest 012 H5
Forest 013 L6
Forest 014 H5 104g
Forest 015 H4 82g
Forest 016 H5-6
Forest 017 H4
Forest 018 H6
Forest 019 H5
Forest 020 L5/6
Forest 021 L6
Forest 022 L5
Forest 023 L4
Forest 024 LL6
Forest 025 L5
Forest 026 H5/6
Forest 027 L5/6
Forest 028 L7
Forest 029 H3-5
Forest 030 L6/7
Forest 031 H4
Forest 032 L6/7
Forest 033 EL6
Forest 034 L6
Forest 035 L6
Forest 036 H6
Forest 037 H4 Forestburg (a)..............................33'30' N., 97'39' W. Montague County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1957 Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L). A total of 26.6kg were found. Forestburg (b)..............................33'29'44' N., 97'35'19' W. Montague County, Texas, USA Found 1957 Ordinary Chondrite (L5) A 26.6 kg stone was found in a dry creek bed by Mr. Willard Freeman. Forest City.................................43'15' N., 93'40' W. Winnebago County, Iowa, U.S.A. Fell 1890, May 2, 1715 hrs Leland. Winnebago County Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5), brecciated. After appearance of a brilliant fireball moving from W. to E. and detonations, a shower of stones fell over an area of 2 miles by 1 mile; the shower consisted of five large stones of 80lb, 66lb, 10lb, 5lb, 4lb and over 500 small ones. The total weight preserved is about 122kg. Analysis, 27.2 % total iron . Forest Vale.................................33'21' S., 146'51'30' E. County Dowling, New South Wales, Australia Fell 1942, August 7, 1500 hrs Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Five fragments were found fitting together to form an almost complete stone of about 26kg. The largest fragment weighed 10.49kg and another stone of 1.9kg was found about 12 chains distant, and a third is said to have been broken up. Analysis, 27.45 % total iron. Forksville..................................36'47' N., 78'5' W. Mecklenburg County, Virginia, U.S.A. Fell 1924, July 16, 1745 hrs Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). After detonations four stones, weighing 2250g, 1850g, 1114g and 853g, were seen to fall. Microprobe analyses of whitlockite and chlor-apatite . Forrest (a).................................30'49' S., 128'13' E. Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia Found 1967 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). A highly weathered mass of 97.7g with a remnant of fusion crust was found 6-7 miles ENE. of Forrest Station on the Trans-Australian railway . Forrest (b).................................30'59' S., 127'53' E Western Australia, Australia Found 1980, October Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). A number of fragments, totalling about 26kg, were found about 20 miles SW. of Forrest . Forrest Lakes...............................29'25' S., 129'30' E. Western Australia, Australia Found 1948, before this year Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite, amphoterite (LL5). A small weathered stone was found 120 miles NE. of Reid Station (on the Trans-Australian railway) near Forrest Lakes. A mass of 500g was found . Forest Lakes 002 H5 Forsbach....................................50'57' N., 7'19' E. Hoffnungstal, Cologne, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany Fell 1900, June 12, 1400 hrs Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6). A stone of over 240g was seen to fall . Forsyth.....................................33'1' N., 83'58' W. Monroe County, Georgia, U.S.A. Fell 1829, May 8, 1530 hrs Stone. Olivine-hyperqthene chondrite (L6), veined. A stone of 36lb fell, after detonations, Repository of the main mass not known. Forsyth County..............................36'6' N., 80'12 W. South Carolina, IJ.S.A. Found 1891, approx. year Iron. Hexahedrite (IIA). A mass of about 50lb was ploughed up "about three years before 1895". A single hexahedrite crystal cosmically shocked and reheated. Analysis, 5.50 %Ni, 60.8 ppm.Ga, 176 ppm.Ge, 31 ppm.Ir. Repository of the main mass unknown. Fort Flatters...............................28'15' N., 7' E. Eastern Erg, Algeria Fell 1944, June 23 Stone. A stone was seen to fall about 35km NE. of Fort Flatters, 28'4'N., 6'38'E., and is preserved in the Museum Saharienne, Ouargla,Algeria. Fort Pierre.................................44'21' N., 100'23' W. Stanley County, South Dakota, U.S.A. Found 1856 Iron. Octahedrite, medium (1.1mm) (IIIA). A mass of 35lb was found about 20 miles NW. of Fort Pierre, between Council Bluff and Fort Union. The mass was artifically heated to about 800C. by the finders. Analysis, 7.46 %Ni, 18.3 ppm.Ga, 35.9 ppm.Ge, 7.4 ppm Ir . Fort Stockton...............................30'55' N., 103'4'W. Pecoq County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1952 Iron. Octahedrite, medium. A single mass of 4.7kg was found . Fortuna ....................................35°08' S, 65°22' W Fortuna, Province San Luis, Argentina Found 1998 May 27 Achondrite (winonaite) A single 312 g stone of elongated form partly covered by fusion crust was found on 1998 May 27 near the village of Fortuna, Province San Luis, Argentina. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake, MNB; M. Kurz, Kurz): the meteorite exhibits an equigranular texture with abundant triple junctions, the average grain size is about 115 m; it contains low-Ca pyroxene, Ca-pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase, Fe,Ni metal, and troilite with low-Ca pyroxene being the dominant silicate phase. The composition of the silicates is quite reduced: low-Ca pyroxene, Fs5.5-6.7Wo1.1-1.7; Ca-pyroxene, Fs2.4-2.9Wo45.6-46.5; olivine, Fa4.3-5.1; plagioclase, An14.5-16. Fe,Ni metal and trolite veins up to 1.5 mm wide and extending over several cm are prominent; no relict chondrules were found. Oxygen isotope composition (R. Clayton and T. Mayeda, UChi): d17O = +1.61‰, d18O = +4.68‰; shock stage S2; degree of weathering W0/1. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen 23 g plus one polished thin section MNB Foster......................................33'06' N., 102'16' W. Terry County, Texas , USA Found 1975, recognized 1989 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H4) One stone of 1992g was found during ploughing in a corn field by Grady Hesson. Foum Zguid..................................30'4' N.,6'54' W. Jebel Bani, Morocco Found 1998 Iron, coarest octahedrite (IIAB) A 6kg iron was found in the desert by a person hunting for meteorites. Fountain Hills .............................33.61 ° N, 111.72 ° W Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Found 10/05/2002 Carbonaceous chondrite (Bencubbin-like meteorite) A single stone weighing 60g was found by a hiker on a desert trail near his home in Fountain Hills, AZ. Classification and analysis (D. Lauretta, A. R. La Blue, M. Killgore): The stone is a CB carbonaceous chondrite, shock stage S1 (too low?), weathering grade W1. The meteorite contains abundant, large (diameter up to 4.3 mm), volatile-depleted, barred-olivine chondrules, no fine-grained matrix, and a high modal abundance of metal (~25 vol% ). Metal occurs almost exclusively outside of chondrules. Olivine composition is Fo96-98; low-Ca pyroxene composition is En96, Fe/Mn = 23, 1.7-1.9 wt% CaO; plagioclase is An99, 1.0 wt% MgO, 0.4 wt% FeO. Metal composition is 6.3-6.8 wt% Ni, 0.17-0.36 wt% Co. Oxygen isotopic composition: δ17O = -1.45 ‰, δ18O = +1.28 ‰. Nitrogen isotopic composition: δ15N = +48 permil; see Lauretta et al. (2004), Blue et al., (2004). Type specimen: 12g, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona. Main mass: Southwest Meteorite Laboratory. Four Coners.................................37'0' N., 109'3 W. San Juan County, New Mexico, U.S.A. Found 1924, approx. Iron. Octahedrite, medium (0.8mm), with silicate inclusions (IB). A mass of about 25kg was found 15 miles SE. from the common comer of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah; described, with an analysis of iron and insoluble silicate. Analysis of metal, 8.90 %Ni, 48.7 ppm.Ga, 179 ppm.Ge, 2.0 ppm.Ir. Silicate inclusions of the Copiapo type, K-Ar age of inclusions, about 4500 m.y., Description, polycrystalline parent tacnite has decomposed to kamacite plus taenite . Franceville.................................38'49' N.,104'37' W. El Paso County, Colorado, U.S.A. Found 1890 Iron. Octahedrite, medium (1.0mm) (IIIA). A mass of 411b 6.5oz was found. Analysis, 8.2 %Ni, 20.4 ppm.Ga, 42.4 ppm.Ge, 0.38 ppm.Ir. Has been shocked at 400-750kb and is distinct from Ellicott. Frankel City................................32'20' N., 102'44'42' W. Andrews County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1977 Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). A single mass of 4.7kg was ploughed up . Frankfort (iron)............................38'12' N., 84'50' W. Franklin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Found 1866 Iron. Octahedrite, medium (1.2mm) (IIIA). A mass of 24lb was found on a hill 8 miles SW. of Frankfort. Analysis,7.85 %Ni, 20.2 ppm.Ga, 40.4 ppm.Ge, 1.8 ppm.Ir. Mass heavily corroded, probably found in Anderson County; shocked but not annealed . Frankfort...................................34'29' N., 87'50' W. Franklin County, Alabama, U.S.A. Fell 1868, December 5, 1500 hrs Stone. Achondrite, Ca-rich. Howardite (AHOW). A stone of about 650g was seen to fall, after detonations, 4 miles S. of Frankfor. Analysis, 13.96 % total iron . Franklin....................................36'43' N., 86'34' W. Simpson County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Found 1921 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5), black. A mass of 9062g was found by farmers ploughing a field, but was not recognised as meteoritic until 1956. Franklinville...............................38'30' N., 100' W. Ness County, Kansas, U.S.A. Found 1888, approx. Stone. Olivine-hypersthelie Chondrite (L6). A number of stones were found in the Franklinville area, SW. of Ness City. There is some confusion about the number of distinct falls in this area. Possibly part of Ness County . Freda.......................................46'23' N., 101'14' W. Grant County, North Dakota, U.S.A. Found 1919 Iron. Ataxite, Ni-rich (IIICD). An oriented mass of 268g, showing marked flowlines, was ploughed up. Analysis, 22.57 %Ni, 2.09 ppm.Ga, 2.24 ppm.Ge, 0.021 ppm.Ir. Description interior not affected by heat during atmospheric flight . Fremont Butte...............................38'30' N., 105'30' W. Colorado, U.S.A. Found 1963, recognized in this year Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L4). One weathered mass of 6.647kg was recovered from a farm near Fremont Butte in 1963. Description, chromite in chondrules. Frenchman Bay..............................30'36'30' S., 115'10' E. Western Australia, Australia Found 1964 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H3). One weathered mass of 8.8kg was found among limestone outcrops and sand dunes SSE. of Frenchman Bay. The stone is roughly pear shaped with maximum dimensions 10 X 7.75 X 4.25 inches and a coating of iron shale about 0.75 inch thick and composed mainly of limonite . Friedland Frankfurt, Germany Fell 1304, October 1 Doubtful.. Several stones, black and hard as iron, are said to have fallen at a place given by some authors as Friedland (Brandenburg, 52'7'N., 14'15'E.) and by some others as Friedeburg The evidence is not conclusive. Frontier Mountain (FRO) 03001..............72°57' 13.9" S, 160°29'27.5" E Antarctica Found 2003 December 27 Primitive achondrite (lodranite) This 1.5 g stone is a square, 50% crusted fragment found by a PNRA team. Mineralogy and classification (A. Burroni and L. Folco MNA-SI): fine-grained (average grain size 40 µm) homeoblastic texture given by abundant crystals of compositionally homogeneous olivine, Fa9.5, and minor orthoenstatite, Fs13.2 Wo2.7, Cr-rich (Cr2O3 = 1.38 wt%) augite, Fs5.9 Wo51.1, Fe,Ni metal and subordinate troilite and chromite. Some crystals of olivine show reduction rims. It is devoid of evidence for shock deformation, S1, and it is virtually unweathered ,W0. Main mass, type specimen and thin section at MNA-SI. Friona......................................34'32'24' N., 102'34'6' W. Par-mer County, Texas, U.S.A. Found 1981, recognized in this year Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Two stones, totalling 19.6kg, were picked up in a ploughed field. Fuc Bin.....................................22'N, 106' E 50 KM NNE of Hanoi, Vietnam Fell 1971 July Stone , ordinary chondrite (L5) A stone of about 14 g was found. Main mass and information Moscow State University, Moscow Russia. Fujian......................................26' N., 119' E. Fujian, China Found Iron. A single mass of unreported weight, is listed without further references,

Fukang....................................44° 26’N  87° 38E
Fukang , China
Find : 2000
Pallasite ( Main group )
History:An anonymous finder recovered a 1003 kg specimen near Fukang, 
China, in 2000.  The sample was at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in 
February 2005, and seen by D. S. Lauretta of UAz. Approximately 20 kg 
had been removed form the main mass by the finder before the Tuscon 
show and the mass investigated at UAz was 983 kg. (D. S. Lauretta, 
D. Hill, M. Killgore, D. Della-Giustina, Y. Goreva, UAz; I. Franchi, Open U). 
Petrography and Geochemistry: Olivine Throughout the large mass, 
olivines vary in shape from rounded to angular; many are fractured.  
They range in size from <5 mm to several cm.  
The main pallasite contains several regions of “massive” olivine clusters 
up to 11 cm in diameter with thin metal veins only a few mm in width. 
Fo_86.4with molar Fe/Mg (0.1367), Fe/Mn (40.37), and Ni = 0.03 (wt%).  
Zoning was not observed for Al, Cr, Ca, Mn, or Fe typical of many olivines 
in Main Group pallasites. Metal and Sulfides Groundmass is mostly kamacite 
with some occurrences of kamacite mantles surrounding taenite cores, 
rounded taenite adjacent to kamacite, and regions of “comb plessite”.  
Kamacite contains an average Ni = 6.98 wt%. Schreibersite is enclosed 
by wide kamacite bands and as mantles adjacent to olivines.  
Two populations of schreibersite are present with Ni = 26 and 35 (wt%) near chromite.  
Vermicular sulfide (troilite) is present in some olivine.  
Thin veins of kamacite and troilite occur inside many olivines as well. 
Minor Phases: Euhedral chromites up to 0.5 cm, rounded whitlockite adjacent 
to olivine, and troilite heterogeneously distributed in thin veins.  
Several regions, ranging from <100 μm to several mm, that contain a complex 
mixture of olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, troilite, and whitlockite were 
observed adjacent to chromite.  
Bulk Composition Fe = 89.9 ± 0.3 Ni = 9.0 ± 0.2 P = 0.62 ± 0.02 Co = 0.51 ± 0.01 
(all wt.%); Ge = 41 ± 4 As = 26 ± 5 Ga = 19.1 ± 0.5 Pd = 5.1 ± 0.2 Au = 2.6 ± 0.2 
(all µg/g); Ir = 43 ± 4 ng/g.  Oxygen Isotopes δ¹⁸O = 2.569‰, δ¹⁷O = 1.179‰.  
Classification:  Pallasite (main group).  
Specimens: A total of 31 kg of sample is on deposit at UAz. M. Killgore hold a total of 31 kg.  
An anonymous collector holds the main mass.

Fukue.......................................32'42' N., 128'51' E. Goto Islands, Nagasaki prefecture, Kyushu, Japan Found 1849, January, or February Iron. Octahedrite, medium. Said to have fallen in January or February 1849, at Fukue village, Fukue Island, but there is no credible information on the matter . Fukutomi....................................33'11' N., 130'12' E. Kinoshima, Saga, Kyushu, Japan Fell 1882, March 19, 1300 hrs Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5), veined. Two stones fell, after detonations, weighing 7.20kg and 4.42kg. Analysis, 22.78 % total iron. Fuling......................................29'42' N., 107'24' E. Sichuan, China Found 1960, before this year Iron. A single mass of unreported weight is in Beijing (Peking) . Funen.......................................55'20' N., 10'20' E. Denmark Fell 1654, March 30, 0800 hrs Stone. Many stones fell, light coloured with a thick black crust, and with small metallic patches inside. This was clearly a genuine meteorite, but nothing is now preserved. Futtehpur...................................25'57' N., 80'49' E. Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India Fell 1822, November 30, 1800 hrs Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6), veined. After appearance of a fireball and detonations, several stones weighing from 1lb to 4lb each, fell at Futtehpur and Bithur, about 70 miles NW. of Allahabad . Fuyang.....................................32'54' N., 115'48' E. Fuyang County, Anhui, China Fell 1977, June Stone. Three stones were recovered, totalling 2-3kg. Fuzzy Creek................................31'36'40' N., 99'54'15' W. Runnels County, Texas, U.S.A. Found, year not reported Iron. Anomalous (IVA). Listed, without details. Analysis, 11.8 %Ni, 2.28 ppm.Ga, 0.138 ppm.Ge, 0.18 ppm.Ir. 2.6kg is in Fort Worth, Texas .