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Min-Fan-Zhun
Basic information Name: Min-Fan-Zhun
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1952
Country: China
Mass:help 5.5 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 10  (1958)  Stone
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 10:
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"MIN' - FAN' - ZHUN'" Wan - Fu - Syan Velost, Dzugao District, Zsyansu Province, China.

Fell 1952, April 1, later than 20h local time (later than 12h Greenwich time).

Stone.

One individual specimen by weight 5 kg.

Source: A report of the Akademie of Sciences of China.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 10, Moscow (1958)
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Ziyao Wang      
Geography:

China
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (32° 20'N, 120° 40'E)
     Recommended::   (32° 20'N, 120° 40'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from Jiangsu, China
     This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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