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| Basic information | Name: Gilzem This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1987 Country: Germany Mass:  436 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11150 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 71:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Gilzem Kreis Bitburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Found 1987 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H5) One stone of 436 g was found while ploughing a field by Mr. Peters. Information, classification and analysis, olivine Fa18.5, pyroxene Fs16.6, J. Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universitat Freiburg, Albertstrasse 23b, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany. Gilzem is different from the H5-chondrite Simmer (fall 1920, about 45 km from Gilzem), because it differs in the content and isotopic composition of the rare gases, H. Weber and L. Schultz, MPI Chemie, Mainz, Germany, pers. comm. 1991. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany This is 1 of 55 approved meteorites from Germany (plus 22 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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