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| Basic information | Name: St.-Chinian This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1959 Country: France Mass:  134.3 g | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 19:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF SAINT-CHINIAN STONY METEORITE, FRANCE Name : SAINT-CHINIAN. The place of fall or discovery: near Camprafaud and Sorteilho in the proximity of Saint-Chinian, DepartÂment of Hérault, France. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, December 25, 1959, between 15,4 and 15,5 hrs. Class and type: STONY, chondrite, crystalline. The number of individual specimens: 2 found. Total weight: 134.3 g. The circumstances of the fall or discovery: the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by the flight of a bright bolide which left dust train. The sound of a clap and rumbling were heard and 1-3 minutes after the bolide disappeared. the sound of the meteorites striking the earth was heard. The bolide was observed by many eyewitness. One of them saw the meteorite weighing 77 g fall near Camprofo and another, the meteorite weighing 57.3 g near Sorteilho. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 19, Moscow (1960)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Languedoc-Roussillon, France This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites from France (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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