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| Basic information | Name: St. Francis Bay This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1976 Country: Namibia Mass:  532 g | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ST. FRANCIS BAY, SOUTH WEST AFRICA, STONY METEORITE Name: ST. FRANCIS BAY Place of find: St. Francis Bay, South West Africa. 25°04'S., 14°53'E. Date of find: June 6, 1976. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine, Fa24.5. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 531.6 g Circumstances of find: Collected on a sand dune near the sea shore. Source: Dr. E. Holm, Department of Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Luderitz, Namibia (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites from Namibia (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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