[Rockhounds] Titicaca Meteorite was Peruvian Meteorite Enstatite

[Mr EMan]

In the last episode I stated that based upon short
video glimpses that this might be an achondrite known
as an Aubrite. The meteorite has been confirmed to be
what is known as a "common chondrite".  

Links to photos have been posted to the Meteorite
Central mailing list..
....Supplied by Randal Gregory.(Meteorite Collector at
the site) 

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/titicaca/DSC00010.JPG

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/titicaca/DSC00014.JPG

More photos:

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/titicaca/

This is most certainly a common chondrite and owing to
the color, texture, etc.  it is likely an "LL" (very
low iron content) in the 4-5 range of chondrule
alteration.  That is just an estimate as no one knows
or sure until the petrology and thin section studies
are published.

So Norton County, it is not. However it would likely
be one of the largest stony masses ever witnessed. 
Last word was that the national government had no
plans on recovering the main mass, but to leave the
crater itself as a tourist attraction.  The final word
might lie with the land owner.  This fall has already
made him a rich man by local standards.

Elton