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| Basic information | Name: Songyuan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1993 Country: China Mass:  36.9 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12401 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 84:
Songyuan Jilin Province , China Fell 1993 August 15, 14:30–15:00 local time Ordinary chondrite (L6) Four meteorites were recovered within a 10 km2 area shortly after falling in the countryside of Fuyu in Songyuan city. Individual masses were 28 kg, unknown, 6.4 kg, and 2.5 kg. The largest object created a pit 60 cm deep. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa24.4±0.3; shock stage, S2. Specimens: type specimen, 95.6 g, UCLA; 6.4 kg stone split evenly between Morgan and Reed; main mass, Fuyu. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) Fuyu: Fuyu Museum, 21, Changning Nan Street, Ningjiang District, Songyuan 138001, Jilin Province, China (institutional address) Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Jilin, China This is 1 of 476 approved meteorites from China (plus 12 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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