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Basic information | Name: Rewari This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1929 Country: India Mass: 3.33 kg | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 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 57:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE REWARI, INDIA, STONY METEORITE Name: REWARI Place of fall: In a village about 96 km south of Delhi, near Rewari. 28° 12'N., 76°40'E. (coordinates of Rewari). Date of fall: July 1929, approximately. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa23, total iron = 22.40 wt %. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 3332 g. Circumstances of fall: The stone was recovered by Mr. E.A. Hopkins. Source: Das Gupta, S.P. et al., 1979. The Rewari meteorite. Mineralog. Mag. 43, 423. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 57, Meteoritics 15, 93-104 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Haryana, India (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites from India (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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