MAIGATARI-DANDUMA

Meteorite

Description from the Meteoritical Bulletin No 89

Maigatari-Danduma ~12°50' N, ~9°23' E
Niger – Nigeria border
Fell 2004 August 1, 12:30 L.T.
Ordinary chondrite (H5/6)

A meteorite broke into pieces and fell across the Niger-Nigeria border. One stone fell at the border town, Rigar Jobi in Maigatari Local Government Council, Nigeria.

Mr. Malam Musa was standing in front of his hut when he heard a strange sound like the sound of a plane coming towards him. When he looked at the sky, he saw a black object falling towards him. The object fell about 15 m away from him. His son, standing under a tree about 30 m away, also saw the falling object and started running towards his father, but before he could reach him, the object had
made it to Earth with a loud crash.

Then there was another loud fall about 2-2.5 km away, in Danduma, a small village westnorthwest
of the town Adara on the Niger Republic side, where two pieces of the meteorite, including the main mass, were recovered.
Neighbours running to the site found a black stone which had shattered (or perhaps they broke it) into pieces. They brought some of the pieces to the local chief who presented them to the emir of Maigatari Local Government Council, Jigawa State, Nigeria. The total mass recovered was about 4.6 kg.

Mineralogy and classification (F. Brandstätter, NHMV): H5/6 (Fa20.3, Fs18), S3, W0. Specimens: type specimen, 47 g, NHMV, main
mass with anonymous purchaser.