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| Basic information | Name: Malvern This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1933 Country: South Africa Mass:  807 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 400 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE MALVERN, SOUTH AFRICA, STONY METEORITE Name: MALVERN Place of fall: Malvern farm, 25 km SSW of Thaba Nchu in the Orange Free State, South Africa. 29°27'S, 26°46'E. Date of fall: Between November 20 and November 30, 1933. Class and type: Stone. Howardite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 807 g Circumstances of fall: Found on Malvern farm on November 30, 1933, and presented to the National Museum, Bloomfontein, by Mr. G. van Tonder. Source: C. Frick and E. C. I. Hammerbeck. 1973. Catalogue of South African and South West African meteorites. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of South Africa 57, 26. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Free State, South Africa (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 49 approved meteorites from South Africa (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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