Saturday, July 28, 2007
Cali Colombia Meteorite - Fell July 6, 2007 at ~4:10 PM
Cali #001 N0323.946 W07631.022 Barrio Mariano Ramos EXACT WEIGHT of this stone unknown, but I estimate it to be ~65 to 80 grams. This stone impacted the home of Yuly Melecio in the Barrio Mariano Ramos neighborhood of Cali. She lives on the second floor of a building and the stone impacted her rooftop and penetrated both the zinc metal and ceramic roof tiles. She was at home at the time, and heard a sound like thunder outside. She told her son who was outside on the back balcony to come inside, as she thought a storm was coming. Moments later, a loud crash shook the home and when she went into the bedroom, she saw pieces of stone and roof tiles on the floor. There was sunlight shining through a new hole in the roof and the floor tile had been chipped by the meteorite. This meteorite was sold to someone in Spain. I made an offer but it seems that it was topped by someone in Spain, I never had a chance to offer more, even though I would have gladly raised my offer.
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