Bacubirito meteorite

The Bacubirito meteorite is a massive iron meteorite from Sinaloa and the largest found in Mexico. Among the biggest known on Earth, it has been identified as the third largest in the Americas and the sixth largest in the world. Geologist Gilbert Ellis Bailey found it in 1863 in the village of Ranchito, near Sinaloa de Leyva. Weighing between 20 and 22 tonnes and measuring about 4.25 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 1.75 meters high, it remained at its discovery site until 1959, then was moved to Culiacán and later, in 1992, to the Centro de Ciencias de Sinaloa, where it is displayed.

Chihuahua · Mexico