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| Basic information | Name: Barwell This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1965 Country: United Kingdom Mass:  44 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 4201 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7), L chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 35:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF BARWELL STONY METEORITE, GREAT BRITAIN Name: BARWELL The place of fall or discovery: At Barwell, near Leicester, Leicestershire, Great Britain. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, December 24, 1965, 4h 20m p.m. Class and type: STONY, olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: ? Total weight: At least 18 kg of fragments have been recovered. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Source: Report of Dr. M. H. Hey (London, England) in a letter, 1. 10. 1966. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 35, Moscow (1965)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from England, United Kingdom (plus 12 unapproved names) This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from United Kingdom (plus 22 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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