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| Basic information | Name: Preobrazhenka This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1949 Country: Russia Mass:  418 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 36 approved meteorites classified as H3/4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 60:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE PREOBRAZHENKA, USSR, STONY METEORITE Name: PREOBRAZHENKA Place of find: Preobrazhenka village, Altaj region, USSR. 53°42'N., 79°30'E. Date of find: 1949, recognized 1980 Class and type: Stone. Chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 413.9 g Circumstances of find: The stone was in Achinsk museum until January, 1981. Source: R.L. Khotinok, Committee on Meteorites, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 60, Meteoritics 17, 93-97 (1982)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Altayskiy kray, Russia This is 1 of 156 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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