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Fell 1954, October 8, about 15h local time.
Stone, chondrite.
One specimen by weight about 2 kg.

The fall of meteorite was accompanied with whistling noise. The stone buried itself to a depth of about 30 cm. It has a black crust except on one surface. The main mass by weight 1019 g are preserved at St. Joseph's Middle School, [illegible] near Mbeya, Tanganyika. The fragment by weight 127. g preserved at Geological Survey Tanganyika, Dodoma. Source: A report prof. W. Campbell Smith in a letter to E. L. Krinov on August 29, 1958 (by a paper of J. R. Harpum in Records Geol. Surv. Tanganyika Terr. for 1957)
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The Ishinga (H) meteorite fell in Mbeya, Tanzania, on the 8th October, 1954.
A total mass of 1300 g was recovered.

8° 56'S, 33° 48'E



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