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| Basic information | Name: Markovka This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1967 Country: Russia Mass:  54.2 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6407 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 48:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF MARKOVKA (МАРКОВКА) STONY METEORITE, USSR Name: MARKOVKA (МАРКОВКА) The place of fall or discovery: In the vicinity of the village of Markovka, Kluchevskoj district, Altai territory, USSR. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in spring of 1967 (Meteorite fell probably in autumn of 1966). Class and type: STONE, chondritie. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 8.8 kg (Primary weight was some more). Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was plowed up from the deep of 20-30 cm. Tractor drivers have broken the meteorite and small pieces have been taken by inhabitants. The lar ger part of the meteorite was brought in 1967 to the teacher on a pension. He gave the meteorite in a geo logical party. In 1969 the meteorite was turned over to the Commission on Meteorites of the Sibirian department of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Source: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 48, Moscow (1969) reprinted Meteoritics 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Altayskiy kray, Russia This is 1 of 153 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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