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| Basic information | Name: Langwies This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1985 Country: Switzerland Mass:  16.5 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6626 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 64:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE LANGWIES, SWITZERLAND, STONY METEORITE Name: LANGWIES Place of find: 500 meters south of the village of Langwies, canton Graubunden, Switzerland. 46°49'N., 9°43'E. Date of find: 19 May, 1985 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6). Olivine Fa18_6. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 16.5 g Circumstances of find: Found in a glacial moraine by W Zeitschel. The specimen is partly crusted and weathered. Source: N. and W Zeitschel, P.O. Box 2340, D-6450 Hanau 1, West Germany. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 64, Meteoritics 21, 309-313 (1986)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Graubunden, Switzerland This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites from Switzerland (plus 3 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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