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| Basic information | Name: Akmolla This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Turkmenistan Mass:  114 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6005 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 72:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Akmolla Turkmenia Found December 1988 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H4) A highly weathered stone of 114 g was found by A. G. Zaitsev and A. Ya. Matveev in sandy soil. Olivine Fa18.5, analyst N. N. Kononkova, Vernadsky-Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, classification and information, M. I. Petaev, Committee on Meteorites, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. M. Ulyanovoi 3, Moscow 117313, Russia, where also thin sections and the main mass are located. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Turkmenistan | ||||||||||||||||
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