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Name: LAHRAULI 26°47'N., 82°50'E.
Synonym: Basti
Place of fall: Lahrauli village, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Date of fall: March 24, 1955, at about 1100 hrs.
Class and type: Stone. Achondrite, Ca-poor. Ureilite. Olivine Fo74-85, total iron = 13.29%.
Number of individual specimens: 1
Total weight: 900 g, approximately.
Circumstances of fall: Not reported.

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Title: The Lahrauli ureilite
Authors: Bhandari, N.; Shah, V. G.; Graham, A.

A meteorite which fell at Lahrauli, district Basti, U.P. (India) in 1955 has been examined for mineralogical, chemical and cosmogenic characteristics. It contains pigeonite Wo(7.7)Fs(18) (with Cr2O3 = 1.2% and Al2O3 = 0.4%), olivine Fo(79) (with CaO = 0.3% and Cr2O3 = 0.7%) and diamond. The basic similarities of this meteorite to Goalpara, Dyalpur, Havero and Novo Urei indicate that it is a ureilite. Cosmic ray tracks have been measured in the olivine and pyroxene grains. Track density of 2.3 x 10 to the 6th/sq cm in olivines and VVH/VH ratio of 0.001 is similar to that observed in other meteorites.

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The Lahrauli (Ureilite) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 24th February, 1955.
A total mass of 900 g was recovered.

26° 47'N, 82° 43'E



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