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Shokay
Basic information Name: Shokay
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No, it is doubtful that it is a fall
Year found: 2011
Country: Kazakhstan
Mass:help 17.5 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 112  (2023)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 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)
Comments: Approved 10 Apr 2023
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Writeup from MB 112:

Shokay        50°28.541’N, 72°55.434’E

Karaganda, Kazakhstan

Find, doubtful fall: 2011 Sep 11

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: On Sept. 11, 2011, Valery Miller from Temirtau, Kazakhstan found an individual stony meteorite of 17.5 kg near the village Shokay in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. He had been on the lookout for meteorites for many years: his grandfather said he witnessed a meteorite fall with sound and visual effects on Aug 22, 1961.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Weathered ordinary chondrite.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa25.4 (n=1). Orthopyroxene Fs21.4Wo1.7 (n=2).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

Specimens: Main mass with Valery Miller, type speciment at CEREGE.

Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Karaganda
Date:2011 Sep 11
Latitude:50°28.541'N
Longitude:72°55.434'E
Mass (g):17500
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.3 (n=1)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.4 (n=2)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7
Magnetic suscept.:4.25
Classifier:J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):70
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Valery Miller
Finder:Valery Miller
Comments:CM169/Ildar2; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca
Institutions
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CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
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Jerome Gattacceca   
Geography:

Kazakhstan
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (50° 28' 32"N, 72° 55' 26"E)

Statistics:
     This is the only approved meteorite from Karaganda, Kazakhstan
     This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites from Kazakhstan (plus 4 impact craters)
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