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Ararki
Basic information Name: Ararki
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: India
Mass:help 4.46 kg
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8831 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Sep 2007
Data from:
  MB93
  Table 8
  Line 1:
Origin or pseudonym:Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, India
Date:2001
Latitude:29.06°N
Longitude:74.44°E
Mass (g):4460
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Fayalite (mol%):26.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Magnetic suscept.:100
Classifier:M. S. Sisodia, R. P. Tripathi and G. Parthasarathy, JNV
Type spec mass (g):100
Type spec location:PRL
Main mass:JNV
Comments:?13C = ?23‰; ?17O = 3.69, ?18O = 5.04 and ?17O = 1.068; Oxygen isotopes: I. Franchi, OU
Institutions
   and collections		 OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
PRL: Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380 009, India; Website (institutional address; updated 6 Dec 2017)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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Geography:

India
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (29° 3' 36"N, 74° 26' 24"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Rajasthan, India (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 145 approved meteorites from India (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)
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