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| Basic information | Name: Hinojal This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1927 Country: Argentina Mass:  50 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 29:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. HINOJAL, Hinojal, Victoria Department, Entre Rios Province, Agrentina; φ = 32°22'S, λ = 60°9'W. FOUND, between 1927 and 1934. STONY. 1 specimen, weight estimated at 50 kg. The meteorite was ploughed up, and after broken in several fragments; one of them, some 150 gr have been preserved in the Direccion Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Buenos Aires City. Source: Report of Dr. L. O. Giacomelli (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in a letter, IX.30.1963. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 29, Moscow (1964)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Entre Rios, Argentina This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Entre Rios II (In NHM Cat) Victoria (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||