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Devri-Khera

Basic information

Name: Devri-Khera
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1994
Country: India
Mass: 1140 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 85:

Devri-Khera

Rajasthan , India

Fell 1994 October 30, 21:00 local time

Ordinary chondrite (L6)

A bright fireball, moving west-southwest to east-northeast and leaving a trail of smoke, was observed over a 150 km area. Several stones dropped in and around the villages of Devri-Khera, Manpura, and Jamunia, with the largest forming a 12" crater near Devri-Khera. The total recovered mass was 1140 g (individual masses, 516.8, 181.5, 149.5, 141.4, 51.0 g of tiny pieces; and 88.2 g of tiny pieces plus dust). Classification and mineralogy (S. Ghosh, GSI): olivine, Fa_24.9; pyroxene, Fs_19.3; plagioclase, An₁₁; shock stage, S4. Specimens: GSI.

Institutions
and collections

GSI: The Director General, Geological Survey of India, 27, J.L.N Road, Kolkata 700 016, West Bengal, India., India; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2018)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Geography:

India

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(24° 14'N, 76° 32'E)
Recommended::	(24° 13' 30"N, 76° 31' 30"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.3 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Madhya Pradesh, India (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites from India (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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