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| Basic information | Name: Ban Rong Du This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1993 Country: Thailand Mass:  16.7 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 149 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Ungrouped irons | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 82:
Ban Rong Du Phetchabun, Thailand Fell 1993 June 13, 20:30 local time (12:30 UT) Iron, coarse octahedrite (ungrouped) A 16.7 kg iron meteorite was collected by Mr. Saree Ragkon and Mrs. Kumla Ragkon from the bottom of a 110 cm deep hole in sandy soil. The meteorite was observed to fall at a steep angle, coming from the southwest. Classification and description (J. T. Wasson, UCLA; Prinya Putthapiban and Sirot Salyapongse, DMRT): bandwidth, 1.9 mm; bulk Ni, 7.90 wt%; Co, 0.572 wt%; Ga, 22.5 ppm; Ge, 54.7 ppm; As, 12.7 ppm; Ir, 4.13 ppm; Pt, 27 ppm; see Royal Thai Dept. Min. Res. (1993). Specimens: main mass with finder; type specimen, 4.5 g, UCLA; ~20 g, DMRT (contact Dr. Prinya Putthapiban). | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) DMRT: Geological Survey Division, Department of Mineral Resources, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Phetchabun, Thailand This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Thailand | ||||||||||||||||
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