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| | Fortuna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The Fortuna meteorite was found on May 27, 1998 near the village of Fortuna, Province San Luis. |
 | | "Fortuna: A single 312 g stone of elongated form partly covered by fusion crust was found on 1998, may 27, near the village of Fortuna, Province San Luis, Argentina. |
 | | Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake, MNB; M. Kurz): the meteorite exhibits an equi-granular texture with abundant triple junctions, the average grain size is about 111um; it contains low-Ca pyroxene, Ca-pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase, Fe,Ni metal, and triolite with low-Ca pyroxene being the dominant silicate phase. |
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