Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39, Nr 8, Supplement, A215–A272 (2004) Abstract available online at http://meteoritics.org The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 88, 2004 July Sara S. RUSSELL,1* Luigi FOLCO,2 Monica M. GRADY,1 Michael E. ZOLENSKY,3 Rhian JONES,4 Kevin RIGHTER,3 Jutta ZIPFEL,5 and Jeffrey N. GROSSMAN6 1Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK 2Museo Nazionale Antartide, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy 3Code ST, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA 4Institute of Meteoritics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA 5Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany 6U.S. Geological Survey, MS 954, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA *Corresponding author. E-mail:
[email protected] For supplemental maps and photographs, visit the Meteoritical Bulletin’s Web site at http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org (Received 9 June 2004) Abstract–The Meteoritical Bulletin No. 88 lists information for 1610 newly classified meteorites, comprising 753 from Antarctica, 302 from Africa, 505 from Asia (495 of which are from Oman), 40 from North America, 5 from South America, 4 from Europe, and 1 of unknown origin. Information is provided for 9 falls (Alby sur Chéran, Al Zarnkh, Devgaon, Kamioka, Kendrapara, Maromandia, New Orleans, Sivas, and Villalbeto de la Peña). Noteworthy specimens include a eucrite fall (Alby sur Chéran), 6 martian meteorites, 13 lunar meteorites, and 12 irons including one weighing 3 metric tons (Dronino). INTRODUCTION African meteorite finds (14 meteorites) The Meteoritical Bulletin is a compilation of Table 1 reports 14 meteorites from various locations in Africa.