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| Basic information | Name: Capilla del Monte This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1934 Country: Argentina Mass:  750 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6544 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 30:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. CORDOBA, Rio Negro, Argentina; φ = 40°09'S, λ = 68°30'W. FALL? Writeup from MB 33: Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Dr. L. O. Giacomelli (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in a letter, 11.11 1965 reported that a fragmentary piece of stone (olivine-bronzite chondrite) meteorite weighing about 1 kg is in the Museum of the Direccion Nacional de Geologia y Mineria (Buenos Aires, Argentina). The meteorite was labelled as follow: «Capilla del Monte, Cordoba, 1934». | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 30, Moscow (1964) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 33, Moscow (1965)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Cordoba, Argentina (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Corboda (In NHM Cat) Cordoba (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||