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| Basic information | Name: Wuan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1986 Country: China Mass:  50 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 66:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Wuan Wuan County, Hebei Province, China Fell 1986, July 31, 1100 hrs Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6). A single 50 kg mass fell in Wuan County, China after detonations were heard. Olivine Fa19.6. (D. Wang, Inst. of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, Guiyang, Guizhou, China) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Hebei, China This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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