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Spain gets first approved meteorite in 50 years

"Valencia" is a chondrite (silicate-rich stony meteorite) and forms part of the rock collection of the Department of Geology of the University of Valencia, Spain. The Meteorite Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society has recently approved Valencia as a meteorite. Despite being the only meteorite from Spain authenticated in the last 50 years, the historical documents that could have shed light on the exact location and date of its fall were destroyed by a fire that razed most of the University of Valencia in 1932.
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Valencia is a chondrite (silicate-rich stony meteorite) and forms part of the rock collection of the Department of Geology of the University of Valencia, Spain. References do exist regarding falls on Spain's east coast: Oliva-Gandía in 1520, Valencia in 1603, and Peñíscola in 1916. Unfortunately, no specimens are known to exist. Thus, the meteorite Valencia cannot be clearly assigned to a specific event.
Valencia is a parallelepiped-shaped specimen measuring 37 by 24.5 by 19.5 centimetres, weighing 33.5 kilograms, and having an average density of 3.7 grams per cubic centimetre. Externally, it displays a 1-millimetre-thick, dark-fusion crust and numerous imprints of atmospheric flight (regmaglypts and friction striae).

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Latitude: 39'0' N, Longitude: 0'2' W .

Ed ~ Date of fall  was possibly 26th May, 1520



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