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Djermaia
Basic information Name: Djermaia
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1961
Country: Chad
Mass:help 3.95 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  Stone
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 112  (2024)  H3-6
Recommended:  H3-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 80 approved meteorites classified as H3-6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Revised 11 Jun 2023: reclassification
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Writeup from MB 30:
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DJERMAIA, Chad, Africa;

FELL February 25, 1961.


Writeup from MB 88:
Djermaia additional mass:
A single black stone weighing 2947 g was given by a nomad to Raymond Martinot, insurance broker in Fort Lamy, Chad, after 1960. Identification (Michèle Bourot-Denise, MNHNP): it is a new individual of the Djermaia fall, determined from a comparison of sections. Specimen: MFranco.

Writeup from MB 112:
Djermaia: reclassification
Brandstätter et al. (2010) classified this fall as an H3-6 breccia.
Bibliography:
  • Brandstätter F., Johan Z., and Schneider J.-L. (2010) On the mineralogy of the H3-6 breccia Djermaia. 73rd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, abs. 5047 (link)
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
MFranco: Michel Franco (of Caillou Noir), 100 Chemin des Campenes 74400 Les Praz de Chamonix, France; Website (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 30, Moscow (1964)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Cartier C., Consolmagno G., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Miao B. and Zhang B. (2024) The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 1820–1823. ?
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Main mass. Fell Feb 18 or 25, 1961. David Gheesling   
Michel Franco, Caillou Noir         
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Dave Gheesling   
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Geography:

Chad
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (12° 44'N, 15° 3'E)
     Recommended::   (12° 44'N, 15° 3'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Chari-Baguirmi, Chad
     This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Chad (plus 2 impact craters)
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