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| Basic information | Name: Nadiabondi This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1956 Country: Burkina Faso Mass:  8.17 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11150 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 7:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF NADIABONDI METEORITE Name: NADIABONDI The place of fall or discovery: 5 km west of village of Nadiabondi, Diapaga Province, French East Sudan, φ = 12°N; λ = 1°E of Greenwich. Date of fall or discovery: fall, July 27, 1956, at approximately 19 h 30 m (L. T.) Class and type: stony; chondrite. The Number of individual specimens: 1; tetrahedral shape. Total weight: 3665 gr; including fragments kept for study. The circumstances of fall or discovery: a bolide was observed which lit up the area for 5-6 seconds, over a radius of 25-40 km. The direction of the bolide's flight was from northeast to west (relative to Diapaga). Three blows were heard, and then a noise similar to that of an aircraft and, finally, the blow of the meteorite as it struck the ground. The meteorite was found on November 20, 5 km west of the village of Nadiabondi. It entered the soil to a depth of 25 cm. The meteorite has been placed in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. Source: Bulletin des Meteorites Laboratoire de Minéralogie du Muséum National Writeup from MB 20: Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Nadiabondi, new information Two recent expeditions by Prof. U. Wenmenga (UOag) to the 1956 fall site in Burkina Faso have resulted in the discovery of ~350 new individuals, with a combined mass of 4.5 kg. Accurate coordinates are listed above. New mineralogical information (J. Otto, Frei): Fa19.4; pyroxene Fs17.7Wo1.2; shock stage S2; weathering grade W1. New specimens: UOag and Frei. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 7, Moscow (1958) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 20, Moscow (1961)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Gourma, Burkina Faso This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Burkina Faso | ||||||||||||||||||||
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