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| Basic information | Name: Cilimus This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1979 Country: Indonesia Mass:  1600 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 57:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE CILIMUS, INDONESIA, STONY METEORITE Name: CILIMUS Place of fall: In the village of Sampora, W. Java, Indonesia 6.87°S., 108.13°E. Date of fall: May 7, 1979 at 0930 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 1.6 kg. Circumstances of fall: After a fireball and detonations, a stone fell into a garden in the village of Sampora. The name CILIMUS is that of the nearest post office. Sources: S. Darsoprajitno, Curator, Geological Museum, Geological Development Center, Diponegoro 57, Bandung, Indonesia; K. Fredriksson and P. Jezek, Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 57, Meteoritics 15, 93-104 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Jawa Barat, Indonesia This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Indonesia (plus 2 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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