* Astronomy

Title: Petrological and Geochemical Classification of the Sopot Chondrite
Authors: Iancu, O. G.; Ionescu, C.; Topa, D.

The Sopot meteorite fell in April 27, 1927, 12:00 - 13:00 hrs. in Oltenia (Dolj District). After detonations, a shower of stones fell, of which only eight small ones were found, totalling 958.287 g, the largest weighing 294 g. The fragments recovered are kept in 2 museums from Romania (Craiova and Cluj-Napoca) and in one collection from Austria. The meteorite was not classified so far.
Two polished thin sections representing the Sopot chondrite were studied with optical and electron microscopy. Quantitative chemical analyses of the constituent minerals were obtained on the carbon-coated, polished thin sections by using a JEOL JSM- 6400 scanning electron microscope at the University of Salzburg, Austria.

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