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| Basic information | Name: Magombedze This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1990 Country: Zimbabwe Mass:  667 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites classified as H3-5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 71:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Magombedze Masvingo District, Zimbabwe Fell July 2, 1990, 1730 hrs. Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H6, brecciated) Several stones are reported to have fallen after three separate detonations were heard near the village Magombedze, 54 km ENE of the town Gutu, for which the coordinates are given. Three larger fragments and several small chips of total weight 666.6 g were recovered. Classification, olivine Fa19, pyroxene Fs16, has light-dark texture, Glenn J. MacPherson, chemical analysis 26.42% total Fe, 9.66% FeO, E. Jarosewich, both at Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. Information P. Lowenstein, Ministry of Mines, Geological Survey Dep., P. O. Box 8093, Harare, Zimbabwe. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Masvingo, Zimbabwe This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||
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