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| Basic information | Name: Kalugalatenna This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes, confirmed fall Year fell: 2003 Country: Sri Lanka Mass:  5 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) | ||||||||||||
| Comments: | Revised 16 May 2017: New data and change to fall | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 88:
Kalugalatenna Peradeniya, Central Province, Sri Lanka Found 2003 February 19 Ordinary chondrite (L6) Villagers of Kalugalatenna found the meteorite (weighing ~4 kg) and broke it into pieces. Two fragments weighing 3.65 kg and 180 g were recovered by Mr. Bowala, Officer-in-Charge of the Peradeniya Police and handed over to Dr. A.Senaratne, Head/Dept. of Geology, UPeradeniya,. Classification (L.R.K. Perera, UPeradeniya, T.Tomiyama, NIPR, Tokyo, Japan): Olivine Fa 23.5; Pyroxene Fs19.8. W0, S3. Specimens: type specimen 67 g NIPR, Tokyo, Japan, main mass, Department of Geology, UPeradeniya, Sri Lanka. Writeup from MB 106: Kalugalatenna (revised text and change in fall status) Peradeniya, Central Province, Sri Lanka Fell 2003 February 19 Ordinary chondrite (L6) On the night of Feb. 19, 2002, a fireball was witnessed by police on patrol in the Kalugalatenna district. The next morning, villagers found a single meteorite (weighing ~5 kg) and broke it into pieces. Two fragments weighing 3.65 kg and 180 g were recovered by Mr. Bowala, Officer-in-Charge of the Peradeniya Police and handed over to Dr. A.Senaratne, Head/Dept. of Geology, UPeradeniya. The main mass is mostly covered by black fusion crust, with regmaglypts. The interior is light gray with numerous black shock veins. Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.65. Classification (L.R.K. Perera, UPeradeniya, T.Tomiyama, NIPR, Tokyo, Japan): Olivine Fa23.5; Pyroxene Fs19.8. W0, S3. Specimens: type specimen 67 g NIPR, Tokyo, Japan, main mass, Department of Geology, UPeradeniya, Sri Lanka. | ||||||||||||
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CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) NIPR: Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2013) UPeradeniya: Department of Geology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004) Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Central, Sri Lanka This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Sri Lanka (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||
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