Recent Falls

A carbonaceous chondrite whose 2021 fall was captured by camera networks, allowing its orbit to be traced and the sample to be recovered within days — one of the most pristine falls ever studied.

A CM2 carbonaceous chondrite that fell in 2019, rapidly recovered and rich in organic compounds — sometimes called a 'second Murchison'.

The recovered stones from the 2013 Chelyabinsk airburst, an ordinary chondrite whose spectacular entry — filmed by countless dashcams — was the most damaging meteor event in modern history.

An exceptionally pristine carbonaceous meteorite recovered frozen from a lake in 2000, preserving organic material with minimal terrestrial contamination.