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| Basic information | Name: Kingai This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1967 Country: Sudan Mass:  67.4 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6544 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 43:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF KINGAI STONY METEORITE, SUDAN Name: KINGAI The place of fall or discovery: Kingai village, Darfur Province, Sudan; φ = 11°38' N, λ =24°41' E. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, November 7, 1967; 14 hrs. Class and type: STONY. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: The sample which apparently fell as one piece, was reported to have weighed about one pound (450 g) and was apparently destroyed by the local people; only a fragment weighing 67.4 g could be procured. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: At the time of the fall, people were reported to have heard a thundering sound and then an explosion. The sample is in custody of the Geological Survey, Khartoum, Sudan. Source: Report of Dr. A. Widatalla (Khartoum, Sudan) in a letter, II 4, 1968. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 43, Moscow (1968) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Darfur, Sudan This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Sudan (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||||||
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