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Kamyshla
Basic information Name: Kamyshla
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1981
Country: Russia
Mass:help 1540 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 61  (1983)  Chondrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

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)
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 61:
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DISCOVERY OF THE KAMYSHLA, USSR, STONY METEORITE

Name: KAMYSHLA

Place of find: Near the village of Kamyshla, Kuybyshev region, USSR.

54°0'N., 52°12'E.

Date of find: June 1981

Class and type: Stone. Chondrite.

Number of individual

specimens: 1

Total weight: 1540 g

Circumstances of find: Found by J.V. Panin and A.V. Panin partly buried in the soil of an unploughed field.

Source: R.L. Khotinok, Committee on Meteorites, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 61, Meteoritics 18, 77-83 (1983)
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Geography:

Russia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (54° 0'N, 52° 12'E)
     Recommended::   (54° 0'N, 52° 12'E)

Statistics:
     This is the only approved meteorite from Samarskaya oblast', Russia
     This is 1 of 156 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters)
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