The Arroyo Malo Meteorite
42.93 grams
An oriented example
This is a very choice oriented meteorite from Arroyo Malo, Uruguay.
It fell April 6, 2008 in Arroyo Malo, Uruguay. Only about 6 kilo's was reported to have been recovered, a very limited amount .
Below were subseqently similar reports that came out of Entre Rios, Argentina.
This Meteorite shower straddled the Uruguay/Argentina bolder, where they
are calling it The Berduc Meteorite. "The Forbidden Meteorite"
According to eyewitnesses interviewed and from news reports, the fireball was very large,
and one eyewitness, a waiter at a restaurant in Colon, Argentina, said that when the last
explosion occurred, he saw "thousands" of burning pieces falling from the sky like fireworks.
People all over central Entre-Rios state felt the ground shake, and said that the booms were so strong,
they thought that their homes would collapse. In the tiny village of Berduc stones struck the greenhouses,
rooftops of homes, a water tower and a store.
The long buildings are the greenhouses