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Vi\u00f1ales<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Meteorite fall (L6, >21,752.38 g) on 1 February 2019 near Vi\u00f1ales, Pinar del R\u00edo, Cuba at ~1:17:10 p.m. local time (~18:17:10 UTC)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The three meteorites found near Mural de la Prehistoria next to a Cuban 20 Centavos coin with a diameter of 23 millimeters. Photo: Periodismo de barrio <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, February 1, 2019, at ~1:17:10 p.m. local time (~18:17:10 UTC) a daytime bolide was observed and heard by many inhabitants of the Valle de Vi\u00f1ales, east of Vi\u00f1ales, in the province of Pinar del R\u00edo on Cuba. Seven weather stations of the area are reported to have recorded the event as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fallen meteorites<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 5 February 2019 it was estimated that officially almost 50 meteorite specimens (thermally metamorphosed ordinary<\/strong> chondrites<\/strong>, L6) had been found by locals. It is certain that up to at least one hundred more specimens have been found and partly been sold to meteorite dealers in the USA who started to sell them about a week after the fall. At the Mural de la Prehistoria fall site the local police seized two bigger and one smaller specimen in plastic bags for subsequent chemical analysis. US-based journalist Yusnaby P\u00e9rez reported on 3 February that the police of Pinar del Rio went from house to house to confiscate the meteorites people had found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meteorites are reported to have fallen in the area around the Mural de la Prehistoria, near Los Jazmines, at the Dos Hermanas camping site in the Valle de Dos Hermanas, in the Valle del Palmarito, in El Cuajan\u00ed and in and around the village Vi\u00f1ales, including its El Bostezo settlement. One meteorite was found on the road to Las Maravillas, at kilometer 26 to Puerto Esperanza. One meteorite is reported to have fallen in front of the Asamblea Municipal del Poder Popular of Vi\u00f1ales, as reported by Jos\u00e9 Antonio Valle Crespo, President of the same. On 27 March 2019 the fall was officially registered as Vi\u00f1ales<\/strong><\/a> (L6\/S3 or S4) in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fragments of the specimen #36 Jazmines 1 found west of Los Jazmines have been deposited in the scientific meteorite collection of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna. The Jazmines specimen was split in two parts (NHMV-01191 and NHMV-13514) and a thin section (NHMV-13514) was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy (Instituto de Geof\u00edsica y Astronom\u00eda<\/em>, IGA) equally donated a meteorite fragment which will be officially delivered to the NHMV on 30 April 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n