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Title: The Grefsheim /Norway/ meteorite - A new L5 chondrite
Authors: Griffin, W. L. & Jorgensen, K. A.

Norway's tenth recorded meteorite was found north of Oslo, on February 1, 1976

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Name: GREFSHEIM
Place of fall: On the ice covering Lake Mjosa, Norway.
60°40'N., 11°00'E.
Date of fall: Between January 25 and February 1, 1976.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Olivine Fa23.7.
Number of individual specimens: A number of small fragments.
Total weight: 45.5 g
Circumstances of fall: The fragments, which could be assembled into a complete stone with fusion crust and flight markings, were found on the ice covering Lake Mjosa, 1.6 km from the shore at Grefsheim. The material is now in the Mineralogical­Geological Museum, Oslo, Norway.

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The Grefsheim (L5) meteorite fell in Hedmark, Norway, on the 25th January, 1976.
A total mass of 45.5 g was recovered.

60° 40'N, 11° 0'E



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