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| Basic information | Name: Burkhala This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1983 Country: Russia Mass:  1825 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-ung. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE BURKHALA, USSR, IRON METEORITE Name: BURKHALA Place of find: Burkhala mine, Yagodinskij District, Magadan Region, USSR. 63°48'N., 149°0'E. Date of find: Summer 1983. Class and type: Iron. Number of individual S pecimens: 1 Total weight: 1825 g Circumstances of find: Meteorite was found by an engineer, V.N. Dmitrashchenko, while washing sand at a depth of 6 m. Source: R.L. Khotinok, Committee on Meteorites, USSR Academy of Sciences. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Magadanskaya oblast', Russia This is 1 of 156 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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