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Mezö-Madaras

Basic information

Name: Mezö-Madaras
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1852
Country: Romania
Mass: 22.7 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.7
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.7
Recommended:			L3.7 [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as L3.7. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Revised 4 Oct 2019: Updated location

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Mezö-Madaras: updated location

Lüttge-Pop et al. (2013) present corrected information on the fall coordinates as 46˚ 36’N, 24˚ 26’E, in Mureş County, Romania.

Bibliography:

Lüttge-Pop D., Andrei R.J., and Har N. (2013) Historical Romanian meteorites: emendations of official catalogue records. Studia UBB Geologia, 58(2), 41-45 . (link)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Austromet
SR Meteorites
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Jay Piatek
Matteo Chinellato
MeteoriteCollector.org - NHMV - Vienna
MeteoriteCollector.org - USNM - Smithsonian
Woreczko Jan & Wadi
Zsolt Kereszty

Geography:

Romania

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(46° 30'N, 25° 44'E)
Recommended::	(46° 36'N, 24° 26'E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 100.3 km apart

Statistics:
This is the only approved meteorite from Mures, Romania
This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Romania (plus 2 unapproved names)

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Synonyms

Fekete (In NHM Cat)
Madaras (In NHM Cat)
Maros (In NHM Cat)
Mezö-Madarasz (In NHM Cat)
Mezoe-Madaras (In NHM Cat)
Weiler (In NHM Cat)

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