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| Basic information | Name: Chinga This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1913 Country: Russia Mass:  209.4 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped. [show all] Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Ungrouped irons, and Iron meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 13:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Tuva (Тува). No such meteorite exists. The name Tuva (Тува) in all probability refers to the meteorite known as the Chinga (read Chinge, Чинге), given on p. 79 of the Catalogue. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 13, Moscow (1959)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Respublika Tyva, Russia This is 1 of 129 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Chinge (In NHM Cat) Tannu-Ola (In NHM Cat) Tannuola (In NHM Cat) Tchinge (In NHM Cat) Tschinga (In NHM Cat) Tschinge (In NHM Cat) Tuva (In NHM Cat) Urgailyk-Chinge (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||