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Maromandia

Basic information

Name: Maromandia
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 2002
Country: Madagascar
Mass: 6 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 88	(2004)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

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)

Comments:

Revised 11 Jul 2007: Lat and long were reversed and name was wrong

Writeup

Writeup from MB 88:

Maromandia

Madagascar

Fell 2002 July 5 6:30pm local time

Ordinary Chondrite (L5)

A local man saw the meteorite fall into a rice paddy and woods 80 km north of Antsohihy, not far from the Highway N6. Two pieces were recovered, the first weighing ~5 kg, the second ~1 kg. Classification (S. Pym, S. Russell, NHM): A few chondrules are well-defined, many have rims and some contain metal/sulphide granules. Apparent chondrule size is 0.46 mm-4 mm. The matrix is mostly fine-grained, some areas are slightly coarser-grained with larger olivine crystals. Shock stage is S3. Olivine Fa₂₄, low-Ca pyroxene Fs₂₁ Wo₁. Specimens: type specimen 21 g and a thin section, NHM.

Institutions
and collections

NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)

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Geography:

Madagascar

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(14° 12'S, 48° 6'E)

Note: the MetBase and recommended coordinates are 4884.8 km apart

Statistics:
This is the only approved meteorite from Mahajanga, Madagascar
This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Madagascar

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Synonyms

Maromaridia (Synonym was an incorrect entry in this database)

Revision
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