Chinge Location 51° 3' 30"N, 94° 24' 0"E
Tuva, Russia
Find: 1913
Iron IVB, ataxite (ungrouped)
Wellknown ataxite, meteorite shower.
In 1913 the prospector N.M. Chernichevich sent to the Imperial Academy of Sciences 30 samples of iron meteorites
including individuals up to 20 kg--of total weight about 80 kg.
Many masses-- were found in the Chinge stream after in 196x and in 198x.
Analysis; 16.38% Ni, 0.181 ppm Ga, 0.082 ppm Ge, 3.6 ppm Ir
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