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| Basic information | Name: Budulan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1962 Country: Russia Mass:  100 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite-B4. [show all] Search for other: Class B mesosiderites, Mesosiderites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 26:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF BUDULAN STONY-IRON METEORITE, USSR Name: BUDULAN. The place of fall or discovery: 15 km West from the village of Budulan, Buryat National District, Chita Region, USSR. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the summer of 1962. Class and type: STONY-IRON, MESOSIDERITE. Number of individual specimens: 1, Total weight: Approximately 100 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was discovered by geologist N. N. Chaban by geological survey. It penetrated the soil about 3/4 its height. The meteorite was turned over to the Committee on Meteorites of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Moscow, USSR). Source: Report, of chief of a geological party E. A. Beliakov (Chita, USSR) X, 4, 1962. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 26, Moscow (1963)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Aginskiy Buryatskiy avtonomnyy okrug, Russia This is 1 of 153 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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