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| Basic information | Name: Pomozdino This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1964 Country: Russia Mass:  327 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 55 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-cm. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 31:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF POMOZDINO STONY METEORITE, USSR Name: POMOZDINO. The place of fall or discovery: 2 km SE of the village Pomozdino, Ust'kulom district Komi - ASSR, USSR. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the summer of 1964. Class and type: STONY, achondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 (intact individual specimen). Total weight: 327 gr. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite, partly covered with a fusion crust, was lying in a small hole and was found by schoolboys, and schoolgirls. The meteorite was turned over to the Committee on Meteorites of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Source: Report of a teacher of Geography of the Pomozdino school I.V. Ignatov in a letter, VI.21, 1964. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 31, Moscow (1964)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Respublika Komi, Russia This is 1 of 153 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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