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| Basic information | Name: Suizhou This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1986 Country: China Mass:  260 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 13053 approved meteorites (plus 11 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 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE SUIZHOU, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: SUIZHOU Place of fall: Suizhou County, Hubei province, China. 31°43'N., 113°23'E. Date of fall: April 15, 1986, 1850 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa24.6. Number of individual specimens: 12, approximately Total weight: 70 kg, approximately Circumstances of fall: Not reported. Source: D. Wang, Institute of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, Guiyang, China; A.E. Rubin and J.T. Wasson, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA. Some material now held by the Institute of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, Guiyang, China. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Hubei, China This is 1 of 560 approved meteorites from China (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Sui Xian (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||