Fragments weighing ~1 kg were brought up in a net about three-quarters of a mile from the shore of Lake Okeechobee. This is one of only four meteorites found in Florida, all of them of the stony type. The above specimen (shaped a little like Florida) is a 0.87 g fragment.
Due in part to the intense temperature and moisture conditions in the state of Florida, only four meteorites have been recovered there to date. In addition to Okechobee, an H4 stone weighing 502 g was plowed up in Eustis, a 41.8 kg H5 stone was found in Bonita Springs, and a 10.9 kg H5 stone was found near Grayton Beach.
At 6:15 P.M. on November 8, 2004, Donna Shuford heard a meteorite bounce off her car and hit the side of her house. Fragments composing an ~180 g eucrite were recovered, representing the fifth Florida meteorite. Distribution details are not known.
Although the correct spelling of this Florida lake location is Okeechobee, the incorrect spelling initially used in the Catalogue of Meteorites of The Natural History Museum, London, as well as in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database is followed here. The correct spelling of this find location (more accurately, the nearest post office to the find location) has been included as a synonym in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
