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N'Goureyma meteorite
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The N'Goureyma (UNGR, iron) meteorite fell in Ke Macina, Mali, in June 15, 1900. Recovered weight: 37.5 kg Latitude: 13° 51' N, Longitude: 4° 23' W Read more
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Laborel meteorite
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The Laborel (Stone; Ordinary Chondrite) H5 meteorite fell in the Drôme department in south-eastern France, on the 14th June, 1871. Recovered weight: 2.091 kg Latitude: 44° 17'N, Longitude: 5° 35'E
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Usti nad Orlici meteorite
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Title: Usti nad Orlici - A new L6 chondrite from Czechoslovakia Authors:[url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983Metic..18..2...
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Uden meteorite
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The Uden (LL7) meteorite fell in Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, on the 12th June, 1840. A total mass of 710 g was recovered. 51° 39'N, 5° 37'E
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Valencia H5 chondrite
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Valencia is a chondrite (silicate-rich stony meteorite) and forms part of the rock collection of the Department of Geology of the University of Valencia, Spain. References do exist regarding falls on Spain's east coast: Oliva-Gandía in 1520, Valencia in 1603, and Peñíscola in 1916. Unfortunate...
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El'gygytgyn crater
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Central ring structure identified in one of the world's best-preserved impact craters
Authors: A.C. Gebhardt and F. Niessen
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Seismic refraction and reflection data were acquired in 2000 and 2003 to study the morphology and sedimentary fill of the remote El'...
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Bosumtwi Impact Crater
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The 1.07 million year old impact structure in Ghana has a nearly circular shape with a rim diameter of 11 km north-south and 10 km east-west. It is surrounded by a circular depression and an outer ridge of diameter 20 km. Polymict breccias averaging at least 20 m thick with clasts as much as 5 m long occur...
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Sterlitamak crater
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On the 17 May 1990 at 23:20 local time , a 1000 - 1500kg meteorite, on a 45° angle of approach, impacted the ground forming a crater 20km west of Sterlitamak in Bashkiria.
The crater is 15m of diameter and 4.5 to 5m deep. Unfortunately, image precision is not enough to see such a crater.
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Orgueil meteorite
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On this date, a carbonaceous chondrite disintegrated and fell in fragments near the French town of Orgueil. One specimen was immediately examined by the French scientist S. Cloëz, who commented that its content "would seem to indicate the existence of organised substances in celestial bod...
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Canellas meteorite
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The 859-gram Canellas H4 brecciated chondrite-type meteorite fell near Canellas, Barcelona, at 13:30 on the 14th May, 1861. Latitude: 41° 15' N, Longitude: 1° 40' E Read more
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Moissanite
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Diamonds are forever the shine is beautiful, but what about the style, and what if you don t have such a deep pocket? Still you want to experience the look and have the sheer glamour. In the twentieth century diamonds are pass . Amongst the other available alternatives moissanite rings make the best ch...
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Eucrite meteorites
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Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites, many of which originate from the surface of the asteroid (4) Vesta and as such are part of the HED meteorite group. They are the most common achondrite group with well over 100 distinct finds at present. Eucrites get their name from the Greek word eukritos m...
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Lappajärvi impact structure
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Lappajärvi is a lake in Finland, in the municipalities of Lappajärvi, Alajärvi and Vimpeli. It is formed in a 23 km wide meteorite crater. The age of the crater is estimated to be 73.3 million years old (±5.3 million years) - the upper Cretaceous period. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_L...
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Jilin meteorite
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One of the world's biggest meteorite, weighing 1,770kg; it is literally the star attraction of the Jilin City Museum in China's northeast province of Jilin.
According to records, a shower of meteorites rained down at 3pm on Aug 15, 1976, over a farmland measuring 500 sq km on the outskirts of the...
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Ordovician Winneshiek Shale
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Title: Preservation of the middle Ordovician Winneshiek Shale in a probable impact crater Authors: MCKAY, Robert1, LIU, Huaibao1, WITZKE, Brian J.2, FRENCH, Bevan M.3, and BRIGGS, Derek E.G.4, (1) Iowa Geological & Water Survey, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 109 Trowbridge Hall,...
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