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| Basic information | Name: Devgaon This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 2001 Country: India Mass:  12 kg | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as H3.8. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 88:
Devgaon Bastar District, Chattisgarh, India Fell 2001 February 12 16:00 IST Ordinary Chondrite (H3.8) A single 12 kg stone that was fully fusion-crusted fell in the village of Devgaon and was quickly recovered and delivered to the district Collectorate. Classification (S. V. S. Murty, V. K. Rai, A. D. Shukla, G. Srinivasan, P. N. Shulka, K. M. Suthar, N. Bhandari, PRL, and A. Bischoff, Mün): The meteorite is an ordinary chondrite containing some CAIs and SiO2-rich objects. Olivine composition Fa17-19; low Ca pyroxene composition Fs4-20. Shock stage is S2. Cosmogenic nuclides indicate a complex exposure history (Murty et al., 2004). Specimens: Main fragment, Office of District Collectorate, Bastar. | ||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
PRL: Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380 009, India; Website (institutional address; updated 6 Dec 2017) 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. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Madhya Pradesh, India (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 145 approved meteorites from India (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||
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