Barcelona (stone) meteorite
Barcelona (stone) is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as OC, that was seen to fall in Spain in 1704. Witnessed falls are rare and especially valuable to science, because the stones are collected before Earth's weather can change them.
Where it fell
Key facts
- Name
- Barcelona (stone)
- Classification
- OC
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- OC
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1704
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- Spain
- Coordinates
- 41.3667° N, 2.1667° E
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about Ordinary chondrites.
Meteorites near Barcelona (stone)
- Garraf L6 · 24 km away
- Cañellas H4 · 44 km away
- Gerona H5 · 86 km away
- Nulles H6 · 122 km away
- Roda Diogenite · 169 km away
- Granes L6 · 171 km away
Other OC meteorites
- Österplana 005 Sweden · 1990
- Simbirsk (of P. Partsch) Russia · 1838
- Luray United States · 1976
- Österplana 046 Sweden · 2002
- Dora (stone) United States · 1970
- Österplana 022 Sweden · 1999