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Sixiangkou
Jiangsu, China
Fell August 15, 1989, 2153 hr (Beijing Summer Time)
Stone. Ordinary chondrite, veined (L6)
After a sonic boom a meteorite hit the roof of Mr. Luan Jianzhong's house in Sixiangkou. Four stones (300 g, 205 g, 75 g, 50 g) were recovered from the roof, a vegetable field and the roadside. Information and classification by Wang Sichao, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, 210008, China. Olivine Fa24, analyst Zhang Shujun, Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing. Main mass at Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica. Nanjing, P.R.C.
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Title: A New High-Pressure Polymorph of Chlorapatite in the Shocked Sixiangkou (L6) Chondrite
Authors: Chen, M., Wopenka, B., Xie, X., & El Goresy, A. Journal: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, volume 26, page 237, (1995)

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The Sixiangkou (L5) meteorite fell in Jiangsu, China, on the 15th August, 1989.
A total mass of 630 g was recovered.

32° 26'N, 119° 52'E



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