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| Basic information | Name: Henvic This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: France Mass:  19 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8597 approved meteorites (plus 4 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 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Henvic near Morlaix, Bretagne, France Found 1991 April 2 Stone, ordinary chondrite (L5) A complete individual with fusion crust, weight 19 g, was found on a field-path close to the village Henvic, after the finder had seen a fireball behind the village. Type specimen, classification and analysis, olivine Fa24.5, pyroxene Fs21.5, total Fe 21.3%, F. Wlotzka and B. Spettel, Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, D-6500 Mainz, Germany. Finder, information and main mass, Frank Karg, 15 Rue Edouard Corbi6re, 29680 Roscoff, France. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Bretagne, France This is 1 of 77 approved meteorites from France (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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