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Sevaruyo
Basic information Name: Sevaruyo
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Bolivia
Mass:help 12.4 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 86:

Sevaruyo

Bolivia

Found 2001 June 11

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

A single 12.37 g stone was found on a dry river-bed (elevation, 3749 m) by Blaine Reed, Kevin Kichinka, Rubber Munoz and Martin Choquetuanca. Classification (P. Sipiera, Harper; G. Jerman, MSFC): Fa18.3 (n = 29); Fs16.4 (n = 24); shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W4. Specimens: type specimen, 1.24 g and probe section, PSF; main mass, 7.24 g, Bolivian National Museum, La Paz; 2 g, Reed; 1.3 g, K. Kichinka.

Institutions
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PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
Harper: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
MSFC: NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, United States (institutional address)
Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Kevin Kichinka   
Geography:

Bolivia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (19° 22'S, 66° 58'W)
     Recommended::   (19° 22' 4"S, 66° 58' 4"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.2 km apart

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     This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Oruro, Bolivia
     This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Bolivia
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