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Lago Valscura
Basic information Name: Lago Valscura
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Italy
Mass:help 200 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 8
  Line 5:
State/Prov/County:Cuneo, Argentera Mts
Date:Aug 1995
Latitude:44°11'30"N
Longitude:7°12'01"E
Mass (g):200
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.95
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.43
Wollastonite (mol%):1.43
Classifier:G. Pratesi and V. Moggi Cecchi, MSP
Type spec mass (g):22.1
Main mass:Chinellato
Finder:hiker
Institutions
   and collections
MSP: Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Via Galcianese 20/H, 59100 Prato, Italy, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Matteo Chinellato      
Geography:

Italy
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (44° 11' 30"N, 7° 12' 1"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Piemonte, Italy (plus 2 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites from Italy (plus 23 unapproved names)
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