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Kainsaz

Basic information

Name: Kainsaz
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1937
Country: Russia
Mass: 200 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CO3.1
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CO3.2
Recommended:			CO3.2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as CO3.2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

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Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Fersman Mineralogical Museum. Russian Academy of Sciences
Svend Buhl
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Aeroliths Collection Theodossiou
André Knöfel
bphd
chen wang
David Hardy
David L. Ribeca
Dirk Hohmann
Gerald Armstrong
jean bernard Delbauve
Matthew Martin
MeteoriteCollector.org - AMNH - New York
METEORITICON
Mirko Graul
Piotr gural100
Robert Zdancewicz
Solar Anamnesis
Svend Buhl
tett
Woreczko Jan & Wadi

Geography:

Russia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(55° 26'N, 53° 15'E)
Recommended::	(55° 26'N, 53° 15'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Respublika Tatarstan, Russia (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 156 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters)

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Synonyms

Kaïnsas (In NHM Cat)

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