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Name: REWARI
Place of fall: In a village about 96 km south of Delhi, near Rewari.
28° 12'N., 76°40'E. (coordinates of Rewari).
Date of fall: July 1929, approximately.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa23, total iron = 22.40 wt %.
Number of individual specimens: 1
Total weight: 3332 g.
Circumstances of fall: The stone was recovered by Mr. E.A. Hopkins.

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The Rewari (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Haryana, India, in July, 1929.
A total mass of 3.33 kg was recovered.

28° 12'N, 76° 40'E



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