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| Basic information | Name: Lahrauli This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1955 Country: India Mass:  900 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 58:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE LAHRAULI, INDIA, STONY METEORITE Name: LAHRAULI Synonym: Basti Place of fall: Lahrauli village, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, India. 26°47'N., 82°50'E. Date of fall: March 24, 1955, at about 1100 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Achondrite, Ca-poor. Ureilite. Olivine Fo74-85, total iron = 13.29%. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 900 g, approximately. Circumstances of fall: Not reported. Source: N. Bhandari (private communication). N. Bhandari and A.L. Graham, manuscript. See also P.D. Malhotra, 1962. Rec. Geol. Surv. India 89, 479. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 58, Meteoritics 15, 235-240 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 39 approved meteorites from Uttar Pradesh, India This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites from India (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Basti (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||