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Bhola Bakarganj district, Khulna, Bangladesh
22°41'N, 90°39'E
Fall 1940, March 27
Stone. Chondrite. Ordinary (LL3-6), brecciated
Approx. recovered weight: 1047 g
Three pieces, of 841 g, I84g, and 22g, were recovered, M.A.R. Khan (1950).
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Title: The Bhola stone - a true polymict breccia?
Authors: Fredriksson, K., Noonan, A., & Nelen, J.

Bhola appears to be a brecciated LL-group chondrite but unusually enriched in fine-grained matrix relative to chrondrules and rock fragments.

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The Bhola (LL3-6) meteorite fell in Barisal, Bangladesh, on the 27th March, 1940.
A total mass of 1047 g was recovered.

22° 41'N, 90° 39'E



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