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| Basic information | Name: Quija This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1990 Country: China Mass:  17.45 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 104 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Quija near Cha Lu Kou, Dehui County, Jilin, China Fell 1990 March 20, 12.40 hr Stone, chondrite The fall was observed by local farmers. After a sound like an airplane, it fell about 200 m N of them on frozen soil in a paddy field. One mass was broken up by the farmers into one piece of 15 kg and many fragments totaling 2.45 kg. The main piece is now at the Jilin Natural History Museum, Changchun, China. Information, R. Bartoschewitz, Lehmweg 53, 3170 Gifhorn, Germany. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Jilin, China This is 1 of 453 approved meteorites from China (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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Qujia (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||