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| Basic information | Name: Chela This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1988 Country: Tanzania Mass:  2.94 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6407 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 68:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Chela Chela village, Kahama district, Tanzania Fell 12 July 1988, 1140 hr Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H5). After a loud noise and detonations, a number of stones fell and were collected by local people. Two masses were handed to the police, 1062 g and 1874 g, and were sent to the Ministry of Mineral Resources at Dodoma, SEAN Bulletin, 1989, 14, no. 1, p. 21. Classification, olivine Fa17. B. Mason, Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, pers. comm., 1989. 390 g, Washington, Smithsonian Institution. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 68, Meteoritics 25, 59-70 (1990)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Shinyanga, Tanzania This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Tanzania | ||||||||||||||||
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