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Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1989
Country: Burkina Faso
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 87:

Houndé, Burkina Faso

Fell 1989 June 14, 7:30 local time

Ordinary chondrite (L6)

A fist-sized stone (weight unknown) was seen to fall by farmers working in a field near to Pê, southwestern Burkina Faso. The chief of the village threw the stone away because it was thought to be a bad omen; later, however, geologists from Bureau of Mines and Geology of Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou managed to retrieve few fragments. Mineralogy and classification (M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP): Ordinary chondrite, L6 (Fa25.4Fs22.1), S1, W0, very friable. Specimens: type specimen, 11.1 g, MNHNP; some fragments, Museum of Bureau of Mines and Geology of Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou.

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MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Burkina Faso
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     Recommended::   (11° 20' 1"N, 3° 32' 32"W)

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     This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Houet, Burkina Faso
     This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Burkina Faso
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