Turtle Lake meteorite
Turtle Lake is an ordinary chondrite meteorite, officially classified as L5, that was seen to fall in the United States in 1996. A total of 89 g was recovered. 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
- Turtle Lake
- Classification
- L5
- Type
- Chondrite · Ordinary
- Group
- L
- Fall or find
- Fall (seen to fall)
- Year
- 1996
- Mass recovered
- 89 g
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 45.3458° N, 92.0517° W
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about L chondrites.
Meteorites near Turtle Lake
- Hammond Iron, ungrouped · 56 km away
- Anoka Iron, IAB-sLM · 109 km away
- Colby (Wisconsin) L6 · 147 km away
- Arlington Iron, IIE-an · 181 km away
- Vernon County H6 · 217 km away
- Forest City H5 · 266 km away
Other L meteorites
- Allan Hills 86602 Antarctica · 1986
- Lewis Cliff 88273 Antarctica · 1988
- Acfer 246 Algeria · 1991
- Lewis Cliff 86022 Antarctica · 1986
- Yamato 982904 · 1998
- Larkman Nunatak 06325 · 2006