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Title: Solar Flare Tracks in Rio Negro (L 4) Chondrite
Authors: Bhandari, N., Castagnoli, G. C., Bonino, G., & Suthar, K. M.

The Rio Negro meteorite contains a small fraction of olivine and pyroxene grains which have extremely high track density (6x106 - 2.5x i0~ tracks/cm~, a factor of 10 to 100 higher than the track density observed in a large number of grains thaken from close by locations

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The Rio Negro (L4) meteorite fell in Parana, Brazil, on the 21st September, 1934.
A total mass of 1.310 kg was recovered.

26° 6'S, 49° 48'W



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