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| Basic information | Name: Phuoc-Binh This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1941 Country: Vietnam Mass:  11 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Fuc Bin 50 km NNE of Hanoi, Vietnam Fell 1971 July Stone, ordinary chondrite (L5) A stone of 2.3 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm (equal to about 14 g) was recovered. Information and analysis, olivine Fa23.6, pyroxene Fs20.3, O. B. Mitreikina, Department of Geology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. See also Mitreikina et al. (1992). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Geography:
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Quang Nam-Da Nang, Vietnam This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Fuc Bin (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||