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| Basic information | Name: Madiun This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1935 Country: Indonesia Mass:  400 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 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 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE MADIUN, INDONESIA, STONY METEORITE Name: MADIUN Place of fall: 20 miles south of Madiun, Java, Indonesia. 7°45'S., 111°32'E., approximately. Date of fall: June 20, 1935 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa24.2, pyroxene Fs21.2 Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 400 g, approximately. Circumstances of fall: Not known. The specimen is at the Geological Survey of Indonesia, Bandung. Sources: S. Padmanagara, Director, Geological Survey of Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia; K. Fredriksson and C. Reid, Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 59, Meteoritics 16, 193-199 (1981)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Jawa Timur, Indonesia This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Indonesia (plus 2 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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