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Description of a New Howardite Meteorite Fall in Southern Tanzania; Proposed Meteorite Name Kilimani

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dc.creator Kinnunen, Kari A.
dc.creator Lindqvist, Kristian
dc.creator Pakkanen, Lassi
dc.creator Rutaihwa, Augustina
dc.creator Baruti, Karim R.
dc.date 2016-06-30T12:13:09Z
dc.date 2016-06-30T12:13:09Z
dc.date 2009
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:32:25Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:32:25Z
dc.identifier Kinnunen, K.A., Lindqvist, K., Pakkanen, L., Rutaihwa, A. and Baruti, K., Description of a new howardite meteorite fall in southern Tanzania; proposed meteorite name Kilimani.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2811
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2811
dc.description This report summarizes laboratory and other data of a new meteorite that fell in southern Tanzania in July, 2003. This data is required by the Meteoritical Society for registration and approval of the proposed name. The rock fragments were originally collected by locals and later identified and studied in Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) during next years. Earlier contacts and previous scientific co-operation between University of Dar Es Salaam, the Geological Survey of Tanzania (GST) and GTK enabled this study. The meteorite was identified as polymict brecciated achondritic howardite. It is proposed that it should be named Kilimani according to the village in which it fell. The meteorite is the 10th known from Tanzania. So far nine meteorites were known from Tanzania (see Grady 2000). Ivuna and Mbozi are the most widely known Tanzanian meteorites. Nine out of these now ten Tanzanian meteorites are witnessed falls.
dc.language en
dc.title Description of a New Howardite Meteorite Fall in Southern Tanzania; Proposed Meteorite Name Kilimani
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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