Chocolate Mountains meteorite
Chocolate Mountains is an ureilite achondrite meteorite, officially classified as Ureilite, that was found in the United States in 2004. A total of 699 g was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Chocolate Mountains
- Classification
- Ureilite
- Type
- Achondrite · Ureilite
- Group
- Ureilite
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 2004
- Mass recovered
- 699 g
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 33.0122° N, 114.8667° W
What is an achondrite?
Stony rock from a body that melted. Achondrites include crust and mantle pieces from asteroids, the Moon, and Mars. More about Ureilites.
Meteorites near Chocolate Mountains
- Cargo Muchacho Mountains CO3 · 14 km away
- Winterhaven Howardite · 20 km away
- Paymaster Mine L5 · 20 km away
- Imperial H4 · 69 km away
- Signal Mountain Iron, IVA · 82 km away
- Superstition Mountain H5 · 87 km away
Other Ureilite meteorites
- Northwest Africa 6600 · 2010
- Dar al Gani 660 Libya · 1999
- Jiddat al Harasis 054 Oman · 2004
- Northwest Africa 4240 · 2003
- Yamato 980110 · 1998
- Elephant Moraine 96331 Antarctica · 1996