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St. Germain-du-Pinel
Basic information Name: St. Germain-du-Pinel
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1890
Country: France
Mass:help 4 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6544 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Br. Guy Consolmagno, Vatican collection Photo added 21 Oct 2022
Don Edwards   
Martin Horejsi   
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Peter Marmet   
Geography:

France
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (48° 1'N, 1° 9'W)
     Recommended::   (48° 1'N, 1° 9'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Bretagne, France
     This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites from France (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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Synonymshelp: St. Germain-en-Puel (In NHM Cat)
Vitré (In NHM Cat)

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