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| Basic information | Name: Salla This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1963 Country: Finland Mass:  7 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12583 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 31:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF SALLA STONY METEORITE, FINLAND Name: SALLA. The place of fall or discovery: The village Salmivaara, Saala district, Finland; φ = 66°48' N, λ = 28°27' E. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the summer of 1964. Class and type: STONY, olivine - hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 2.9 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by Kauko Piisila. Source: Report of Prof. H. B. Wiik (Otaniemi, Finland) and Prof. B. Mason (New York, USA) V. 29, 1964. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 31, Moscow (1964)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Lappi, Finland This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Finland (plus 11 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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