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Six large and several small fragments were recovered near Zhovtnevyi in 1938, and a further five stones were found in 1939 and 1941. The total mass recovered is 107kg, L.G.Kvasha and A.Ya.Skripnik, Meteoritika, 1978, 37, p.189, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.387.
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This witnessed fall has a large TKW of 107 kgs but specimens with fusion crust are difficult to come by. 5.10 gram partial slice.
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The Zhovtnevyi (H6) meteorite fell in Donetsk, Ukraine, on the 10th October, 1938.
A total mass of 107 kg was recovered.

47° 35'N, 37° 15'E



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