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Mineralogical Characteristics of Specimens of a Meteorwrong Fall from NW Iran

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2014-01-29 v1
Authors: Hamed Pourkhorsandi , Hassan Mirnejad
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Abstract

In the early hours of October 22, 2011, people of a small town in NW Iran, called Khameneh (38{\deg}11'47" N, 45{\deg}38'14" E) noticed sounds of some colliding objects to home roofs and yard floors. Mineralogical investigations revealed the terrestrial and man-made origin of these stony samples.

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meteorwrong mineralogical characteristics meteorite misidentification NW Iran terrestrial origin stony samples

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@article{arxiv.1401.7299,
  title  = {Mineralogical Characteristics of Specimens of a Meteorwrong Fall from NW Iran},
  author = {Hamed Pourkhorsandi and Hassan Mirnejad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.7299},
  year   = {2014}
}

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