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Nantong | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Nantong This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1984 Country: China Mass: 529 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 64:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE SHAXI, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: SHAXI Place of fall: Nanton County, Jiangsu province, China. 32°7'N., 121°48'E. Date of fall: 15 June, 1984, 1135 hours Class and type: Stone. Chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 529 g Circumstances of fall: Following a whistling noise, a single stone was recovered from an impact hole about 70 cm in diameter and depth. Source: SEAN Bulletin. 1984, 9, no. 12. Writeup from MB 65: Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Name Change It has been reported that the chondritic meteorite initially announced as Shaxi (Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 64, Meteoritics, 1986, 21, 311) should be known as Nantong. It is an olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6) with olivine of composition Fa19. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 64, Meteoritics 21, 309-313 (1986) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from Jiangsu, China This is 1 of 514 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms: |
Shaxi (In NHM Cat) |