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| Basic information | Name: San Michele This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 2002 Country: Italy Mass:  237 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12281 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 89:
San Michele Pesaro Urbino, Marche, Italy Fell 2002 February 20, 06:45 local time Ordinary chondrite (L6) Miss Raffaela Frezzotti was woken up by a sound coming from the roof of her house. Two days later she found a hole in the roof of her house and a single black 237 g stone in the loft. Classification (A. Maras, Uni. Roma): The stone is an ordinary chondrite, Fa25.4, Fs21..6; weathering grade W0. Specimens: type specimen, 52 g, Museum of Mineralogy, URoma, main mass (181 g) finder. | ||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
URoma: Museo di Mineralogia, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Piazzale Aldo Moro,5 I-00185 ROMA, Italy (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Marche, Italy (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from Italy (plus 23 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||
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