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Karpovka
Basic information Name: Karpovka
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Russia
Mass:help 467 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 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)
Comments: Approved 27 Mar 2019
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Writeup from MB 108:

Karpovka        48°40.11’N, 43°46.51’E

Volgogradskaya oblast’, Russia

Find: May 2007

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: A single stone was found by S. B. Tarasov and P.A. Gordeev 8-10 km from the village of Karpovka in the Volgograd region. During a picnic, they had noticed an interesting stone in a small depression on the ground.

Physical characteristics: The meteorite has a dark-brown fusion crust and is slightly covered by iron hydroxides.

Petrography: (Ivanova M.A., Vernad): The meteorite consists of chondrules, chondrule fragments, and matrix. The chondrules range in size from 0.3 to 0.8 mm in diameter, averaging 0.65 mm. The chondrule margins are indistinct. The meteorite contains many textural types of chondrules including BO, PO, POP, and PP. The main minerals are olivine, pyroxene, FeNi-metal, sulfides, chromites and iron hydroxides.

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Olivine Fa24.9; and orthopyroxene Fs22.0Wo1.5.

Classification: ordinary chondrite (L5), W2, S2.

Specimens: One sample of 71.6 g, three fragments of 3 g in total, and two thin sections are on deposit at Vernad. S. B. Tarasov and P.A. Gordeev hold the main mass of the meteorite.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Volgogradskaya oblast'
Date:May 2007
Latitude:48°40.11'N
Longitude:43°46.51'E
Mass (g):466.5
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:M. A. Ivanova, Vernad
Type spec mass (g):74.6
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:S. B. Tarasov and P.A. Gordeev
Finder:S. B. Tarasov and P.A. Gordeev
Comments:Submitted by C.A. Lorenz
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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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Russia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (48° 40' 7"N, 43° 46' 31"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Volgogradskaya oblast', Russia
     This is 1 of 156 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters)
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