Ourique | |
Type: | Chondrite |
Class: | Ordinary chondrite |
Group: | H4 |
Composition: | olivine Fa18.3; pyroxene Fs16.4; |
Country: | Portugal |
Region: | Beja |
Lat Long: | 37.6083°N -8.28°W |
Observed Fall: | Yes |
Fall Date: | December 28, 1998 |
Tkw: | >20 kg |
Ourique is a H4 meteorite that fell in 1998 in Portugal.
During the night between 27 and 28 December 1998, a brilliant fireball and loud noises were reported by several people in Beja region.
António Silva recovered the first fragments two days after the fall and, subsequently, local villagers recovered other pieces. The meteorite made an elliptical crater deep, long and wide. Most of all fragments were found within an elliptical area long .
It is a H4 type ordinary chondrite with a well-developed chondritic structure. Chemical analysis reported: olivine Fa18.3 and pyroxene Fs16.4.