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Title: The Kulak Meteorite--An L5 Fall
Authors: Graham, A. L.

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Name: KULAK 30°43'52"N, 66°48'8"E.
Synonym: Kalak
Place of fall: At the village of Kulak, near Qilla Abdullah, district of Quetta-Pishin, West Pakistan.
Date of fall: March 25, 1961, at 5:30 p.m. (West Pakistan Standard Time).
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5).
Number of individual specimens: 2
Total weight: One specimen of 454 g and one of approximately equal size that has since been lost.
Circumstances of fall: Two stones were collected, one having fallen at the east of the village and the other at the west. There were no reports of sound or light effects produced by the fall. The one remaining stone is with the Geological Survey of Pakistan, and an 85g specimen from it is in the British Museum (Natural History).

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The Kulak (L5) meteorite fell in Baluchistan, Pakistan, on the 25th March, 1961.
A total mass of 454 g was recovered.

30° 43' 52"N, 66° 48' 8"E



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