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| Basic information | Name: Rio do Pires This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Brazil Mass:  118 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12478 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 77:
Rio do Pires Estado da Bahia, Brazil Found before 1991 October 10 Ordinary chondrite (L6) A piece of 118 g was brought to Prof H. Shigame, Universidade Federal Da Bahia, Instituto de Geosciencias, by a former student working in Rio do Pires. The circumstances of the fmd are poorly known. Classification, analysis: olivine Fa25.2, pyroxene Fs21.6, contains shock veins and maskelynite, shock stage S6. Information: Adrian Brearley, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-1126, USA. Main mass: Wilton P. de Carvalho, P. O. Box 1110, 40001 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Bahia, Brazil (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites from Brazil (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 7 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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