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Alfianello
(L6)
Country:
Italy
State/District:
Lombardy, Brescia
Coordinates:
45°16'N, 10°9'E
Date of fall/find:
Fell 1883, February 16 1500
Total known weight:
228 kg (approx.)
Number of pieces:
1
Type:
Stone. Ordinary chondrite
Shock stage:
S5
Mineral analyses:
Total iron: 21.25%
Olivine Fa25.0, Stddev. 0.5
kamacite: 6.01% Ni, 0.86% Co
Pairings:
not known
Synonyms:
Brescia, Cremona, Verolanuova
Description:
A stone of about 228kg fell, after detonations, L.Bombicci, Atti R. Accad. Lincei Roma, Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat., 1882-3, 14, p.675. Description and analysis, H. von Foullon, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturwiss. Kl., 1883, 88, p.433. Mentioned, B.Baldanza, Min. Mag., 1965, 35, p.214, G.R.Levi-Donati, Atti Mem. Acad. Sci. Lett. Arti Modena, 1955, 13, p.160 (M.A.14-50), M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.15. Olivine Fa24, B.Mason, GCA, 1963, 27, p.1011. Porosity and density, K.Keil, Chem. Erde, 1962, 22, p.281; see also, D.T.Britt and G.J.Consolmagno, MAPS, 2003, 38, p.1161; M.Terho et al., Studia Geophysica et Geodaedica, 1993, 37, p.65. Petrologic study of shock metamorphism, lightly shocked, G.R.Levi-Donati, Meteoritics, 1971, 6, p.225. Analysis, 21.80% total Fe, V.Y.Kharitonova, Meteoritika, 1968, 28, p.138. Further analysis, 21.25% total Fe, H.von Michaelis et al., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1969, 5, p.387. Uranium content, D.E.Fisher, GCA, 1972, 36, p.15. Partial INAA, R.A.Schmitt et al., Meteoritics, 1972, 7, p.131. Ga and Ge contents of metal phase, C.-L.Chou and A.J.Cohen, GCA, 1973, 37, p.315. Al-26 data, I.R.Cameron and Z.Top, GCA, 1975, 39, p.1705. Infrared photometry, albedo, JHK colors, M.Leake et al., Meteoritics, 1978, 13, p.101. Major, minor and trace element data of mineral separates, D.B.Curtis and R.A.Schmitt, GCA, 1979, 43, p.1091. Br and Se contents, D.Wang et al., Papers 10th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1985, p.15. Major and trace element data, weathering state, G.W.Kallemeyn et al., GCA, 1989, 53, p.2747. Analysis of olivine, Fa25.0, and kamacite, A.E.Rubin, GCA, 1990, 54, p.1219. Porosity and bulk density, M.Zbik, Papers 15th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1990, p.209 (abs.). Petrographic shock classification, D.Stöffler et al., GCA, 1991, 55, p.3845. Cu content, A.E.Rubin, Meteoritics, 1994, 29, p.93. Mössbauer study of Fe-Ni phases, R.B.Scorzelli et al., Meteoritics, 1994, 29, p.530 (abs.). Track density, calculated shielding, and Ti-44 activity, G.Bonino et al., Nature, 1995, 270, p.1648. Cosmogenic noble gases in mineral separates and calculation of elemental production rates, M.Minamitani et al., Papers 22nd Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1997, p.113 (abs.). Ar-Ar dating of shock event, J.Kunz et al., MAPS, 1997, 32, p.647. Magnetic susceptibility, P.Rochette et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, p.251. Density and porosity, S.L.Wilkinson et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, p.1533.
The Meteoritical Bulletin Database record for Alfianello
Specimen ID# 4168
Description:
Slice. Copies of an old labels
Size:
4.5 x 3 x 0.45 cm
Weight:
20.46 gr
Price:
US$ 1,350.00
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