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| Basic information | Name: Chadong This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1998 Country: China Mass:  3.7 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Chadong Hunan Province, China Fell 1998 September 17, ~19:00 local time Ordinary chondrite (L6) A 3.7 kg stone was recovered near Shiniu village (coordinates given above) and Chadong town in Huayuan County by a farmer who had observed the meteorite to fall. Mineralogy and classification (A. Bischoff, Mün): olivine, Fa24.2; pyroxene, Fs20.7; shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W0/1. Specimens: main mass, MFarmer; type specimen, 3 g, Mün; 14 g, Heinlein. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
MFarmer: Michael Farmer, P.O. Box 86059, Tucson, AZ 85754-6059, United States; Website (private address) Heinlein: Dieter Heinlein, Lilienstrasse 3, 86156 Augsburg, Germany; Website (private address) Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Hunan, China This is 1 of 462 approved meteorites from China (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||
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