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Name: ANDREEVKA 
Place of fall: The village of Andreevka, Slaviansky district, Donetz region, USSR.
48.7°N, 37.5°E.
Date of fall: August 7, 1969, about 7 p.m. Moscow time.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite.
Number of individual specimens: 1
Total weight: About 0.6 kg
Circumstances of fall: A meteorite made a hole in a slate roof of a house and fell on the floor of the garret. It was picked up by an owner of the house. The meteorite was broken. The largest fragment weighing 150 g is in the Donets Museum of Regional Studies.

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The Andreevka (L3) meteorite fell in Donetsk, Ukraine, on the 7th August, 1969.
A total mass of 600 g was recovered.

48° 42'N, 37° 30'E



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