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Ban Cho Lae
Basic information Name: Ban Cho Lae
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1975
Country: Thailand
Mass:help 3.35 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11150 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)
Comments: Approved 29 Jan 2009
Revised 19 Dec 2015: Corrected shock stage
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 87
  Line 1:
State/Prov/County:Ban Cho Lae, Thailand
Origin or pseudonym:Jungle
Date:Feb-75
Latitude:19°05'18.00"N
Longitude:99°00'50.00"E
Mass (g):3354
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):20
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
Wollastonite (mol%):2
Magnetic suscept.:5.38
Classifier:
Type spec mass (g):23.3
Main mass:Jack Schrader
Finder:UPVI-1
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Thailand
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (19° 5' 18"N, 99° 0' 50"E)

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     This is the only approved meteorite from Chiang Mai, Thailand
     This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Thailand
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