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The Asco (H6) meteorite fell in Corse, France, in November 1805. 
A total mass of 41 g was recovered.

42° 27'N, 9° 2'E



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Title: The Asco meteorite (1805): New petrographic description, chemical data, and classification
Author: Jérôme Gattacceca, Michèle Bourot-Denise, Franz Brandstaetter, Luigi Folco, Pierre Rochette

We present magnetic measurements, chemical analyses, and petrographic observations of the poorly studied Asco historical meteorite fall (1805). These new data indicate that this meteorite has been previously misclassified as an L6 ordinary chondrite. Asco is reclassified as an H6 ordinary chondrite with shock stage S3. An interesting feature of this meteorite is the presence of chromite-plagioclase assemblages with variable textures.

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Asco, Corsica.
Fell 1805, November.
Stone. Veined white chondrite.
Original weight not known (P. Partsch, Die Meteoriten, Wien, 1843, p. 64).
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