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| Basic information | Name: Gresia This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1990 Country: Romania Mass:  26.9 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6412 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 27 Jul 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 102:
Gresia 44°10.28’N, 24°55.13’E Teleorman, Romania Found: 1990 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: Unearthed from the garden of a private (main mass owner’s) property. Exterior weathered with cracking throughout. Physical characteristics: Interior gray and in places heavily stained. Petrography: Most chondrules well defined, mesostatis dominated by turbid, devitrified material, presence (10-20%) of typically twinned cpx. In places all pyroxene grains within chondrules are clinopyroxene. Secondary feldspar grains rare and to 10 μm. Specimens: A total of 451.1 g (including 1 large slice and several smaller fragments) and two thin sections (one covered) are deposited at NHMV. F. Pereteanu holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NHMV: Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria, Austria; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2019) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Teleorman, Romania This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Romania (plus 2 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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