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| Basic information | Name: Ishinga This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1954 Country: Tanzania Mass:  1300 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 10:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. ISHINGA. About 2-3 km western of Ishinga, Tanganyika, φ = 8°56' S; λ = 33° 48' E. Fell 1954, October 8, about 15h local time. Stone, chondrite. One specimen by weight about 2 kg. The fall of meteorite was accompanied with whistling noise. The stone buried itself to a depth of about 30 cm. It has a black crust except on one surface. The main mass by weight 1019 g are preserved at St. Joseph's Middle School, [illegible] near Mbeya, Tanganyika. The fragment by weight 127. g preserved at Geological Survey Tanganyika, Dodoma. Source: A report prof. W. Campbell Smith in a letter to E. L. Krinov on August 29, 1958 (by a paper of J. R. Harpum in Records Geol. Surv. Tanganyika Terr. for 1957) | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 10, Moscow (1958)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Mbeya, Tanzania This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Tanzania | ||||||||||||||||
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