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| Basic information | Name: Kharabali This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Russia Mass:  140 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 19 Jun 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Kharabali 47°27.42’N, 47°32.31’E Astrakhanskaya oblast’, Russia Found: before 2001 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: The stone was found on the flat steppes in the Kharabalinsky district, Astrakhan region, Russia. It was known to local people as a conspicuous strange magnetic stone for at least 10 years. Mr. Kotelevskyi sampled the stone in the summer of 2011, and passed the sample to Vernad during October 2012. Later, many small fragments of the meteorite were found around the main mass. Physical characteristics: The stone is elliptically shaped (70 × 40 × 50 cm), dark-brown with reddish-brown patches, and fusion crusted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Astrakhanskaya oblast', Russia This is 1 of 153 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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