| MetSoc Home Publications Contacts |
|
||
|
||
| Mayo Belwa | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic information | Name: Mayo Belwa This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1974 Country: Nigeria Mass:  4.85 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as Aubrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Aubrites, Enstatite achondrites, and Enstatite-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE MAYO BELWA, NIGERIA, STONY METEORITE Name: MAYO BELWA Place of fall: Adamawa district, Nigeria. 8°58'N., 12°05'E. Date of fall: August 3, 1974. Class and type: Stone. Enstatite achondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 4.85 kg Circumstances of fall: A fireball was seen by herdsmen and sounds were heard over an area extending to 25 km from the impact site. The stone was sent to the Geological Survey of Nigeria and smelt strongly of sulphur when first received. Source: A.L. Graham, A.J. Easton and R. Hutchison, 1977. The Mayo Belwa meteorite: a new enstatite achondrite fall. Mineralog. Mag. 41, 487-492. | ||||||||||||||||
| Plots: | O isotopes: | ||||||||||||||||
| Catalogs: |
| ||||||||||||||||
| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
| ||||||||||||||||
| Photos: |
| ||||||||||||||||
Geography:
|
Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Adamawa, Nigeria This is 1 of 23 approved meteorites from Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Proximity search: | |||||||||||||||||