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Tauti   contributed by Anne Black, IMCA 2356   MetBul Link

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.385 gram fragment.   L6

TKW 21 kg. Observed fall July or August 1937, Cluj, Romania.


Anne writes:
From a recently acquired collection of rare historical meteorites.

Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6).

Number of individual specimens: 3

Circumstances of fall: After three explosions and a bright bolide, a 20 kg stone fell at Tauti and two other stones of about 0.5 kg each fell at Gura Suvelului, about 6 km south of Tauti.


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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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Graham Macleod
 12/31/2015 5:43:50 PM		 Excellent meteorite and the feature on it is going to be a great conversation piece :) Cheers Anne
Bernd Pauli
 12/31/2015 3:04:07 PM		 It's probably a radiating pyroxene chondrule. Thanks for sharing this rare beauty, Anne!
Anne Black
 12/31/2015 2:20:21 PM		 Frankly, Paul, I am not sure. It is so tiny, it shows better on the picture than in person! But it certainly is intriguing.
Paul Swartz
 12/31/2015 7:26:39 AM		 Is that a shatter cone on the right side?
Zsolt Kereszty
 12/31/2015 3:10:00 AM		 Thats a very rare meteorite from Romania. I see first this meteorite!
 

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