The other 2 are Odessa Texas, and the Chicxulub, Mexico craters. The meteorite class is represented by the letter in the center of the circle marking its location. For example, a small letter i represents an iron. Notice that there are only 7 iron falls on this map, while iron finds number in the hundreds. Iron meteorites are the most easy to identify, thus there are more finds of this type.
Stony meteorites can superficially resemble earth rocks, so they often go unnoticed.
H and L referring to High and Low iron content. Chondrites are the most primitive rocks known,as some of them contain matter that is older than the sun. They are probably fragments of undifferentiated asteroids. Meteorite Names Meteorites are traditionally named after the post office closest to their discovery site. Note the St. Louis and Denver meteorites.