Allende Meteorite Thin Section I CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite
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Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1969
Country: Mexico
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| Basic information |
Name: Allende This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1969 Country: Mexico Mass: 2 t |
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| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 509 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites |
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| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 45:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF PUEBLITO DE ALLENDE STONY METEORITE SHOWER, MEXICO Name: PUEBLITO DE ALLENDE. The place of fall or discovery: The village of Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico; φ = 26°58'N, λ = 105°19'W. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, February 8, 1969, 7h05m GMT. Class and type: STONY, carbonaceous chondrite, type III. Number of individual specimens: METEORITE SHOWER, several dozen were collected. Total weight: Over 100 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The huge fireball lighted up thousands of square miles of Northern Mexico and Southwestern United States. The fireball travelled from south to north. A meteorite shower spread over 50 square kilometers area. There are several pits; the biggest one is 60 cm across and 15 cm deep. Search and preliminary investigation of the meteorites were carried out by Dr. E. King (NASA), Drs. B. Mason and R. Clarke (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA) and others. Source: A telegram and the information reports No. 383, 387, 389, 394, 396, 401 and 402 of the Center for Short-lived Phenomena of the Smithsonian Institution, Cambridge, USA. |
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| References: |
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 45, Moscow (1969) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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