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| Basic information | Name: Hashima This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1910 Country: Japan Mass:  1111 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6459 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. Hashima Gifu prefecture, Japan Fell between 1868 and 1912 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H4) A stone of 1110.6 g was recovered by the late grandfather of Dr. T. Nomura from the garden of his house. Olivine Fa17.8, low-Ca pyroxene Fs15.9, analysis, Mitsuo Hoshino and M. Enami, classification, M. Hoshino and K. Suwa, bulk analysis, H. Haramura, all at Laboratory of Geology, College of General Education, Nagoya University, Chikusaku, Nagoya 464-01, Japan. Main mass at Nagoya University Furukawa Museum. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 14 approved meteorites from Chubu, Japan (plus 2 unapproved names) This is 1 of 58 approved meteorites from Japan (plus 12 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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