On March 5th, 1960, a bright fireball exploded over the largely rural area of Burkina Faso. Local villagers witnessed the fall and many kilograms of stones were recovered. Later analysis proved the stones were H5 chondrites. Some specimens show an alternate impact melt breccia lithology.
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From the Meteoritical Bulletin entry on Gao Guenie :
FALL OF THE GUENIE, UPPER VOLTA, STONY METEORITE
Name: GUENIE
Place of fall: Upper Volta
Date of fall: April, 1960.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Olivine Fa18-20.
Number of individual
specimens: A shower, total number not known.
Total weight: Not known, 3.6 kg, four stones, in Paris (Natural History Museum).
Circumstances of fall: Not reported.
Source: Guenie Descriptions of two chondrites fallen in Africa. Meteoritics10, 368 (abs.). See also M. Bourot, 1976. Etude mineralogique de la meteorite de Guenie. 3rd cycle thesis, University of Paris VI
