Tongan (meteoryt)
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| Sposób odkrycia | znaleziony | |
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| Państwo |  Chiny | |
| Miejsce znalezienia | region autonomiczny Kuangsi | |
| Data znalezienia | 1996 | |
| Masa | ok. 500 kg | |
| Typ | meteoryt żelazny | |
| Grupa | IAB | |
Położenie na mapie Chin  | ||
 24°32′00″N 110°59′00″E/24,533333 110,983333 | ||
Tongan – meteoryt żelazny z grupy IAB, znaleziony w 1996 w regionie autonomicznym Kuangsi w Chinach. Meteoryt Tongan jest jednym z siedmiu zatwierdzonych meteorytów znalezionych w tej prowincji. Meteoryt Tongan znalazł rolnik na swoim polu niedaleko wsi Miaobei. Dokładna waga nie jest znana, szacuje się, że może ważyć ok. 500 kg. Jego wewnętrzną strukturę tworzą pasma kamacytu o grubości 10,5 mm i taenitu 30 - 100 μm.
Bibliografia
- Meteoritical Bulletin Entry for Tongan (ang.). The Meteoritical Society, International Society for Meteoritics and Planetary Science. [dostęp 2017-05-11].
Chińskie meteoryty
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EquiDistantConicProjection : Central parallel :
- N: 36.0° N
Central meridian :
- E: 104.0° E
Standard parallels:
- 1: 30.0° N
- 2: 42.0° N
Latitudes on the central meridian :
- top: 57.0° E
- center: 37° 29′ N
- bottom: 17.96° N
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Iron (Var.: Kamacite)
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Iron (Var.: Kamacite)
- Locality: Nantan meteorites (Nandan meteorites), Lihu - Yaochai area, Nandan County, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (Locality at mindat.org)
- Size: 7.9 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm.
- A LARGE meteorite from a witnessed fall! From the accompanying literature: "Nantan iron meteorites represent one of the rare witnessed iron meteorite falls in the world. The fall was vividly recorded (in Chinese records): “During summertime in May of Jiajing 11th year, stars fell from the northwest direction, five to six fold long, waving like snakes and dragons. They were bright as lightning and disappeared in seconds. These records show the meteorite to have fallen in the year 1516 AD. The fall site was not discovered until much later, in 1958. The specimens have a coarse octahedral structure, and contain 92.35% iron and 6.96% nickel, belonging to IIICD classification of Wasson et al (1980’s).” This is a VERY LARGE one, weighing 223 grams!