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Location: Witnessed Fall: September the 2nd 1967, Western Australia.
Some basics about Chondrites:
Chondrites are stony meteorites that have not been modified due to melting or differentiation of the parent body. They formed when various types of dust and small grains that were present in the early solar system accreted to form primitive asteroids. Prominent among the components present in chondrites are the enigmatic chondrules, millimeter-sized objects that originated as freely floating, molten or partially molten droplets in space. A few Chondrites contain the so called CAIs (Calcium-Aluminium Inclusions), which are among the oldest objects to form in the solar system. Most meteorites that are recovered on Earth are chondrites: ~86% of witnessed falls are chondrites, as is the overwhelming majority of meteorites that are found. | 
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