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| Basic information | Name: Laochenzhen This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1987 Country: China Mass:  14.25 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 68:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Laochenzhen Shenqiu County, Henan Province, China Fell 23 February 1987, 0300 hr Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H5). After detonations, a single mass weighing 14.25 kg fell in Yangwa village of Laochenzhen town; classification, olivine Fa19.1, D. Wang, Institute of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, pers. comm., 1989. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 68, Meteoritics 25, 59-70 (1990)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Henan, China This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Laocheng (In NHM Cat) Laocheng-zhen (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||