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| Basic information | Name: Bawku This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1989 Country: Ghana Mass:  1557 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 3207 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 75:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Bawku Ghana Fell 1989 December 29,16:30 local time Ordinary chondrite (LL5) Two pieces weighing 1504 and 59 g, respectively, were collected by villagers from this fall between the villages Naarango-Anisi and Kpukparigu, east of Bawku, and recovered by S. Abdulai, Centre for African Studies, Cambridge. Information, type specimen and PTS, classification and analysis, olivine Fa26.8, pyroxene Fs22.6, 4.6 vol% troilite, 1.3 vol% NiFe, monomict breccia, S. J. B. Reed, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U. K. See also Reed and Chinner (1993). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Upper East, Ghana This is the only approved meteorite from Ghana (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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