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The Raghunathpura iron meteorite from Alwar, India
Author(s) -
Bapna V. S.,
Sharma P. N.,
Sathe M. D.,
Mathur K. N.,
Dwivedi G. L.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1991.tb01016.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , fell , atomic absorption spectroscopy , trace (psycholinguistics) , iron meteorite , geology , metallurgy , materials science , geochemistry , mineralogy , astrobiology , physics , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , quantum mechanics
— The Raghunathpura iron meteorite fell on 20 November 1986 around 8 p.m.; it weighed 10.2 kg. It is a group IIA hexahedrite based on metallographic, x‐ray diffraction and chemical studies. Eighteen major, minor and trace elements were determined using classical, atomic‐absorption spectrometry and semiquantitative spectrographic procedures.