Hautes Fagnes 1965
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The Hautes Fagnes meteorite is not an observed fall. It was found around 1965 during a school excursion through the Hautes Fagnes area (High Fens, a raised bog with sphagnum moss in Liège province, eastern Belgium).
The approximate geographical coordinates of this area are 50°35’ ± 5’ N latitude and 6°10’ ± 5’ E longitude. The stone was kept by a teacher, who was intrigued by its peculiar characteristics.
Only in 2007, after visiting an exposition on meteorites, the teacher guessed its true nature, and consulted Vincent Jacques, an experienced meteorite collector, who acquired the meteorite specimen and donated half of it to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences for further investigation and curation.
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The Hautes Fagnes meteorite is not an observed fall. It was found around 1965 during a school excursion through the Hautes Fagnes area (High Fens, a raised bog with sphagnum moss in Liège province, eastern Belgium).
The approximate geographical coordinates of this area are 50°35’ ± 5’ N latitude and 6°10’ ± 5’ E longitude. The stone was kept by a teacher, who was intrigued by its peculiar characteristics.
Only in 2007, after visiting an exposition on meteorites, the teacher guessed its true nature, and consulted Vincent Jacques, an experienced meteorite collector, who acquired the meteorite specimen and donated half of it to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences for further investigation and curation.
