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Nantan / Lunar Meteorites are fully certified. Fall date: 1516


Nantan / Lunar Meteorites are fully certified


The Nantan meteorite is an iron meteorite that belongs to the IAB group and the MG subgroup. In 2000, pieces of the meteorite were included in an art installation for The BullRing Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. A plaque now commemorates the occasion. Wikipedia


Fall date: 1516

Observed fall: Possible

Composition: Meteoric iron: 6.96% Nickel.

Found date: 1958



Diogenite meteorites


Fall Date - June 27, 1931 Observed fall: Possible



Fell June 27, 1931. Total mass 12 kg. A large number of very small fragments fell over a radius of 500 m. Most Diogenites and all 11 Diogenite falls are pyroxenites compositionally dominated by orthopyroxene (~90 vol%), usually accompanied by plus minor amounts of various silicates and opaques.



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