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Grefsheim | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Grefsheim This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1976 Country: Norway Mass: 45.5 g | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE GREFSHEIM, NORWAY, STONY METEORITE Name: GREFSHEIM Place of fall: On the ice covering Lake Mjosa, Norway. 60°40'N., 11°00'E. Date of fall: Between January 25 and February 1, 1976. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Olivine Fa23.7. Number of individual specimens: A number of small fragments. Total weight: 45.5 g Circumstances of fall: The fragments, which could be assembled into a complete stone with fusion crust and flight markings, were found on the ice covering Lake Mjosa, 1.6 km from the shore at Grefsheim. The material is now in the MineralogicalGeological Museum, Oslo, Norway. Sources: Dr. W.L. Griffin, Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum, Oslo, Norway. Dr. V.F. Buchwald, Department of Metallurgy, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark. See also J.A. Dons, 1977. Naturen 101, No. 6. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Oppland, Norway This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Norway (plus 3 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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