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Basic information | Name: Brahin This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1810 Country: Belarus Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Pallasite, PMG. [show all] Search for other: Main group pallasites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Revised 26 May 2009: Revised pallasite classifications | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 44:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. [Description of additional finds:]
DISCOVERY OF BRAGIN STONY-IRON METEORITE, USSR Name: BRAGIN (1968). The place of fall or discovery: 0.4 km nothern of the village of Ljady, Bragin district, Byelorussia, in the area of finds of previous specimens. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the summer of 1968. Class and type: STONY-IRON, pallasite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 12.391 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by the 3 form pupil Anja Fe dosenko on an arable field, at the edge of a small bog. The meteorite was turned over to the Institute of Geology (Minsk, USSR). Source: Report of Dr. B. Scheviakov (Minsk, USSR) in a letter, IX, 17, 1968. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 44, Moscow (1968) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Gomel', Belarus This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Belarus (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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Bragin (In NHM Cat) Komarinsky (In NHM Cat) Kruki (In NHM Cat) Krukov (In NHM Cat) Minsk (In NHM Cat) Rocicky (In NHM Cat) Rokicky (In NHM Cat) Rokitskii (In NHM Cat) |