São Julião de Moreira (meteorite)

The meteorite was found in 1877. The fall was not observed, but was dated to 770,000 years ago. It is a single meteorite, with a mass of 162 kg, almost spherical in shape and about 35 cm in diameter, which was later divided into many pieces. It was covered with a thick layer of rust and buried in an agricultural land at Quinta das Cruzes, 1.2 meters deep, when the land was being prepared for planting vines.^[1]

It is a octahedrite.^[1]