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| Basic information | Name: Glanggang This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1939 Country: Indonesia Mass:  1303 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 148 approved meteorites classified as H5-6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 60:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE GLANGGANG, INDONESIA, STONY METEORITE Name: GLANGGANG Place of fall: About 25 miles SSE. of Bandung, Indonesia. 7°15'S., 107°42'E. Date of fall: September 26, 1939 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5, with distinct fragments of H6). Olivine Fa~18 4, pyroxene Fs~16.5. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 1303 g Circumstances of fall: Not known. Sources: S. Padmanagara, Director, Geological Survey of Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia; K. Fredriksson, Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 60, Meteoritics 17, 93-97 (1982)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Jawa Barat, Indonesia This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Indonesia (plus 2 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Batujajar (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||