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Viksdalen
Norway
Found 1992 July 4v Achondrite (eucrite)v Fragments of a single 470 g stone were found by Steffan Hatlestad, a 12-year-old boy, while walking in the mountains. Mineralogy and classification (G. Raade, UOslo): the meteorite is a breccia with relic primary gabbroic textures. The main minerals are plagioclase (with undulatory extinction) and pyroxene (low-Ca pigeonite).
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The Viksdalen (Eucrite) meteorite was found in Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway, on the 4th July 1992. 

A total mass of 470 g was recovered.

The meteorite was donated by Steffan and Oddmund Hatlestad to the Natural History Museum in Oslo.

61° 2'N, 6° 3'E



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