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Sikhote-Alin
	Thumbprinted Sikhote-Alin sample
Meteorite type:	lron
Group:	IIAB
Structural classification:	Coarsest Octahedrite
Composition:	93% Fe, 5.9% Ni, 0.42% Co, 0.46% P, 0.28 S
Country:	Russia
Region:	Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye
Coordinates:	46°09′36″N 134°39′12″E / 46.16000°N 134.65333°E
Observed fall:	Yes
Fall date:	12 February 1947
Total Known Weight (TKW):	23 MT

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{{Meteorite
 |Name= 
 |Image= 
 |Image_caption= 
 |Image_width= 
 |Type= 
 |Class= 
 |Group= 
 |Structural_classification= 
 |Composition= 
 |Shock= 
 |Weathering= 
 |Country= 
 |Region= 
 |Lat_Long= 
 |Observed_fall= 
 |Fall_date= 
 |Found_date= 
 |TKW= 
 |Image2= 
 |Image2_caption= 
}}

Fields Explanation

Only bold fiels are mandatory.

Name: official name of the meteorite without any abbreviation. For any doubt take a look here [1] because [2]. For example: Willamette and not Willamette Meteorite or Sayh al Uhaymir 001 and not SAU 001.
Image: image name (eg. Willamette Meteorite AMNH.jpg), this is the default image
Image_caption: description of image. If left empty will be filled with the meteorite name.
Image_width: with portrait images sometimes is useful to reduce the size
Type: Iron, Stony-Iron, Chondrite or Achondrite
Class: choose from this list (see Meteorite classification)
- Ordinary chondrite
- Carbonaceous chondrite
- Enstatite chondrite
- Rumuruti chondrite
- Pallasite
- Mesosiderite
- Primitive achondrite ^[1]
- Asteroidal achondrite ^[2]^[3]
- Lunar meteorite
- Martian meteorite
Group: the recommended classification group, take a look here [3]. (Examples: H3, L6, LL4, Shergottite, Eucrite, Lunar Basalt, Eagle Station Pallasite, IAB, IIIAB, IVB, etc.)
Structural_classification: only for irons and, if applicable, stony-irons (eg. Coarsest Octahedrite or Ataxite)
Composition: chemical (irons) or mineral (stony) composition (eg. 93% Fe, 5.9% Ni, 0.42% Co, 0.46% P)
Shock: for example S4
Weathering: for example W1
Country: for example United States or Sweden
Region: for example Oregon or Uppsala
Lat_Long: coordinates using this format {{coord|46|09|N|134|39|E|display=inline,title}}
Observed_fall: Yes or No
Fall_date: date of the observed fall (eg. 12 February 1947) or estimated date (eg. 20000 years ago)
Found_date: date of found
TKW: Total Known Weight, eg. 300Kg
Image2: a second image showing additional details (eg. chondrules or Widmanstätten pattern, see for example Gibeon (meteorite))
Image2_caption: short description of the second image (eg. Widmanstätten pattern)

Notes

^ Primitive Achondrites: Apulcoites, Winonaites, Lodranites, Ureilites, Brachinites
^ Asteroidal Achondrites: HED meteorites (Howardites, Eucrites, Diogenites), Angrites, Aubrites
^ O. Richard Norton. The Cambridge encyclopedia of meteorites. UK, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521621437.

[1] Primitive Achondrites: Apulcoites, Winonaites, Lodranites, Ureilites, Brachinites

[2] Asteroidal Achondrites: HED meteorites (Howardites, Eucrites, Diogenites), Angrites, Aubrites

[3] O. Richard Norton. The Cambridge encyclopedia of meteorites. UK, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521621437.

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