Bilanga
Location:
- Burkina Faso
Fell: 1999, October 27
Group:
- Stone
Type:
- Achondrite
Class:
- Diogenite
Total known weight: 25 kg +
At least 25kg of meteorites with fresh black fusion crust were collected after a widely witnessed meteorite shower. Pieces are reported to have fallen in the villages of Bilanga-Yanga and Gomponsago. Diogenites are a relatively rare type of meteorite. Macroscopic native copper up to 2mm has been observed in Bilinga.
