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| Basic information | Name: Sterlitamak This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1990 Country: Russia Mass:  325 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 340 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 70:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Sterlitamak Bashkir ASSR, USSR Fell 17 May 1990 Iron. Medium octahedrite Fragments totalling about 10 kg (the largest 6.6 kg) were recovered from impact craters, M. I. Petaev, Committee on Meteorites, USSR Academy of Sciences, Uliza M. Ulynovoi 3, Moscow 117313, USSR. See also Global Volcanism NetworkBulletin 15, No. 6 (30 June 1990). Main mass still in the crater. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 70, Meteoritics 26, 68-69 (1991)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Respublika Bashkortostan, Russia This is 1 of 155 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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