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| Basic information | Name: Bakhardok This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1978 Country: Turkmenistan Mass:  4.12 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12331 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 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE BAKHARDOK, USSR, STONY METEORITE Name: BAKHARDOK Place of find: In the Karakum desert, about 48 km south-west of Bakhardok, Turkmenistan, USSR. 38°36'N., 58°0'E. Date of find: September, 1978 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 4.12 kg Circumstances of find: Found in the Karakuth desert, half buried in sand, by I.I. Pronin. Source: R.L. Khotinok, Committee on Meteorites, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 59, Meteoritics 16, 193-199 (1981)
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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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