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| Basic information | Name: Sixiangkou This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1989 Country: China Mass:  630 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 69:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Sixiangkou Jiangsu, China Fell August 15, 1989, 2153 hr (Beijing Summer Time) Stone. Ordinary chondrite, veined (L6) After a sonic boom a meteorite hit the roof of Mr. Luan Jianzhong's house in Sixiangkou. Four stones (300 g, 205 g, 75 g, 50 g) were recovered from the roof, a vegetable field and the roadside. Information and classification by Wang Sichao, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, 210008, China. Olivine Fa24, analyst Zhang Shujun, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing. Main mass at Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica. Nanjing, P.R.C. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 69, Meteoritics 25, 237-239 (1990)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from Jiangsu, China This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Sixiangzhen (From MetBase) Taizhou (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||