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Idutywa
Basic information Name: Idutywa
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1956
Country: South Africa
Mass:help 3.46 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 8  (1958)  Unknown
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11150 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 8:
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IDUTYWA, Africa. Stone.

Literature: l. S. Afric. J. Sci., 1956, 53, N3, pp. 73-74 /MA-13-361/.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 8, Moscow (1958)
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Don Edwards   
Geography:

South Africa
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (32° 6'S, 28° 20'E)
     Recommended::   (32° 6'S, 28° 20'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Eastern Cape, South Africa (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 47 approved meteorites from South Africa (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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