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| Basic information | Name: Piplia Kalan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1996 Country: India Mass:  42 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 272 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 81:
Piplia Kalan Pali District, Rajasthan, India Fell 1996 June 20, 20:15 local time Eucrite At least two stones, with masses of 30 kg and 12 kg, fell in the muddy fields of Prabhuram Seervi and Hepuram Patel after a sonic boom and three loud detonations. Description (Vaya et al., 1996; Buchanan et al., 1997), classification (N. Bhandari, A. D. Shukla, and P. N. Shukla, PRLA), and mineralogy (Dr. Natarajan, NGRIH; R. Hutchison, NHM; P. Buchanan, UVien): breccia of lithic clasts (60–80 vol%) up to several centimeters with subordinate matrix (20–40 vol%); two lithologies of clasts have been noted; plagioclase, An89; pyroxene, En34 Fs64Wo2 (coarser-grained clast lithology) and En33Fs62Wo5 (fine-grained clasts). All specimens: GSI. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
GSI: The Director General, Geological Survey of India, 27, J.L.N Road, Kolkata 700 016, West Bengal, India., India; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2018) NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011) NGRIH: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad-500606, Andhra Pradesh, India (institutional address; updated 31 Dec 2013) PRLA: Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380 009, India; Website (institutional address; updated 6 Dec 2017) UVien: University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A1090 Vienna, Austria (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Rajasthan, India (plus 4 unapproved names) This is 1 of 144 approved meteorites from India (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Pipliya (In NHM Cat) Pipliya Kalan (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||