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| Basic information | Name: Guangnan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1983 Country: China | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12492 approved meteorites (plus 8 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) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE GUANGNAN, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: GUANGNAN Place of fall: Guangnan, Yunnan province, China 24°6'N., 105°0'E. Date of fall: February 7, 1983 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa24.9. Number of individual specimens: Not reported Total weight: Not reported Circumstances of fall: Not reported Source: D. Wang and A.E. Rubin, 1987. Petrology of nine ordinary chondrite falls from China. Meteoritics 22, 97. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Yunnan, China This is 1 of 480 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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