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| Basic information | Name: Kandahar (Afghanistan) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1959 Country: Afghanistan Mass:  299 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12331 approved meteorites (plus 8 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 19:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF KANDAHAR STONY METEORITE, AFGANISTAN Name: KANDAHAR. The place of fall or discovery: near Kandahar, Afganistan. Date of fall or discovery: FALL., November 1959. Class and type: STONY, chondrite. The number of individual specimens: ? Total weight: ? The circumstances of the fall or discovery: ? Source: A letter from Dr. J. Geiss of Bern to E.L. Krinov dated July 22, 1960. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 19, Moscow (1960)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Quandahar, Afghanistan This is the only approved meteorite from Afghanistan (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||||||
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