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5.24 grams 18mm Brahin Meteorite ( Pallasite PMG ) slice fragment with a COA

$ 8.44

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  • Type of Mineral: meteorite
  • Item Type: Meteorite
  • Specimen Type: Display Specimens
  • Condition: New
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    Basic information
    Name:
    Brahin
    This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
    Abbreviation:
    There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
    Observed fall:
    No
    Year found:
    1810
    Country:
    Belarus
    Mass:
    823 kg
    Classification
    history:
    Meteoritical Bulletin:
    (1968)
    Pallasite
    NHM Catalogue:
    (2000)
    Pallasite
    MetBase:
    (2006)
    Pallasite-Main gr
    Recommended:
    Pallasite, PMG
    This is 1 of 44 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Pallasite, PMG.
    Comments:
    Revised 26 May 2009: Revised pallasite classifications
    [Description of additional finds:]
    DISCOVERY OF
    BRAGIN
    STONY-IRON METEORITE, USSR
    Name:
    BRAGIN
    (1968).
    The place of fall or discovery:
    0.4 km nothern of the village of Ljady, Bragin district, Byelorussia, in the area of finds of previous specimens.
    Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the summer of 1968.
    Class and type:
    STONY-IRON, pallasite.
    Number of individual specimens
    : 1.
    Total weight:
    12.391 kg.
    Circumstances of the fall or discovery:
    The meteorite was found by the 3 form pupil Anja Fe dosenko on an arable field, at the edge of a small bog. The meteorite was turned over to the Institute of Geology (Minsk, USSR).
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