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La Criolla
Basic information Name: La Criolla
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1985
Country: Argentina
Mass:help 45 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 64  (1986)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12583 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)
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Writeup from MB 64:
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FALL OF THE LA CRIOLLA, ARGENTINA, STONY METEORITE

Name: LA CRIOLLA

Place of fall: E. of Estancion La Criolla, 15 km WNW. of Concordia, Entre Rios province, Argentina.

31°14'S., 58°10'W

Date of fall: 6 January, 1985, 1815 hrs.

Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6).

Number of individual

specimens: Not reported, but many.

Total weight: 35 kg, approximately

Circumstances of fall: After a bright fireball and many detonations, tens of meteorites fell over a 7 x 10 km ellipsoid area E. of Estancion La Criolla. Three fragments recovered weighed 6.1 kg, 1.95 kg and 750 g.

Source: SEAN Bulletin, 1985, 10, no. 2, 16. The 6.1 kg stone is now in Los Angeles, University of California.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 64, Meteoritics 21, 309-313 (1986)
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Geography:

Argentina
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (31° 14'S, 58° 10'W)
     Recommended::   (31° 14'S, 58° 10'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Entre Rios, Argentina
     This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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