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CILIMUS: A NEW CHONDRITE FALL
Author(s) -
Miller Joy,
Nelen J.,
Fredriksson K.,
Darsoprajitno S.,
Padmanagara S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1981.tb00186.x
Subject(s) - chondrite , ordinary chondrite , geology , geochemistry , meteorite , carbonaceous chondrite , mineralogy , astrobiology , physics
Cilimus is a new Indonesian chondrite. Its mineralogy and chemistry categorize it as a veined, intermediate‐to‐white hypersthene or L‐5 chondrite. Black veins and impact‐produced glasses including maskelynite show evidence that Cilimus has been severely shocked.