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Karamay
Basic information Name: Karamay
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: Kazakhstan
Mass:help 500 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11131 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 27 Jun 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Kustanay
Origin or pseudonym:Field
Date:30 Jun 2013
Latitude:54°2.27'N
Longitude:64°4.79'E
Mass (g):500
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.1±0.3 (N=5)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6±0.3 (N=5)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.1 (N=5)
Classifier:Lorenz C. A., Vernad
Type spec mass (g):47.2
Type spec location:Vernad
Main mass:Mr. A. N. Gorbunov
Finder:Mr. A. N. Gorbunov; [email protected]
Comments:analyst Kononkova N. N. (Vernad); oriented shape; submitted by Lorenz C.A., Vernad
Institutions
   and collections		 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:

Kazakhstan
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (54° 2' 16"N, 64° 4' 47"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Kustanay, Kazakhstan
     This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites from Kazakhstan (plus 4 impact craters)
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