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| Basic information | Name: Isna This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1970 Country: Egypt Mass:  23 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as CO3.8. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ISNA, EGYPT, STONY METEORITE Name: ISNA Place of find: About 100 km SW of Isna, on the Nile River near Luxor, Egypt. 24°50'N, 31°40'E. Date of find: 1970 Class and type: Stone. Carbonaceous chondrite (C3, Ornans subtype). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 23 kg Circumstances of find: Found by Mohammad El Hinnawi of the Geological Survey of Egypt; main mass is preserved at the Geological Museum, Cairo. Sources: Letter from Dr. Darwish Mostafa Al-Far, Director, Geological Museum, Cairo, September 2, 1974. R. L. Methot, A. F. Noonan, E. Jarosewich, A. A. DeGasparis and D. M. Al-Far. 1975. Mineralogy, petrology and chemistry of the Isna (C3) meteorite.Meteoritics, 10, 121-131. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites from Al Wadi al Jadid, Egypt (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites from Egypt (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Esna (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||