Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Chinga

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Chinga

Basic information

Name: Chinga
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1913
Country: Russia
Mass: 209.4 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 13	(1959)	Doubtful meteorite
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IVB-an
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Iron-ung
Recommended:			Iron, ungrouped [explanation]

This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped. [show all]
Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Ungrouped irons, and Iron meteorites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 13:
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Tuva (Тува). No such meteorite exists. The name Tuva (Тува) in all probability refers to the meteorite known as the Chinga (read Chinge, Чинге), given on p. 79 of the Catalogue.

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 13, Moscow (1959)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Mark Bostick
Matteo Chinellato	Photo added 9 Jul 2009
Woreczko Jan and Wadi
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Achim Raphael
Aeroliths Collection Theodossiou
AJS Cosmic Treasures
akira1988
Alberto Giusta
André Knöfel
Brice D. Hornback
Charley Kettel
Darwin Collection of Meteorites
David Hardy
David L. Ribeca
Dirk Hohmann
Franco Vignato
Gabriel Gonçalves Silva
Gerald Armstrong
Gregor H.
Jacek Szkatula
Jay Piatek
Jean-Michel Masson
Jim K
John Creech, Victoria University of Wellington
Konrad Andrä
Marcelo Adorna Fernandes
METEORITES AUSTRALIA
METEORITICON
Michael S. Scherman
Michel Girard
Phil Schmitz
Piotr gural100
Raymond Borges
Robert Zdancewicz
t.czarnecki
The Wilcox Collection of Meteorites
Volker Heinrich
Woreczko Jan & Wadi

Geography:

Russia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(51° 3' 30"N, 94° 24' 0"E)
Recommended::	(51° 3' 30"N, 94° 24' 0"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Respublika Tyva, Russia
This is 1 of 134 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters)

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Synonyms:

Chinge (In NHM Cat)
Tannu-Ola (In NHM Cat)
Tannuola (In NHM Cat)
Tchinge (In NHM Cat)
Tschinga (In NHM Cat)
Tschinge (In NHM Cat)
Tuva (In NHM Cat)
Urgailyk-Chinge (In NHM Cat)

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