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| Basic information | Name: Pê This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1989 Country: Burkina Faso | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 13053 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) | ||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Pê 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. | ||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
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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Statistics: 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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