Salla (L6) – 1.8g part slice

DISCOVERY OF SALLA STONY METEORITE, FINLAND

Name: SALLA.

The place of fall or discovery: The village Salmivaara, Saala  district, Finland; φ = 66°48′ N, λ = 28°27′ E.

Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the summer of 1964.

Class and type: STONY, olivine – hypersthene chondrite.

Number of individual specimens:  1.

Total weight: 2.9 kg.

Circumstances of the fall or discovery:  The meteorite was found by Kauko Piisila.

Source: Report of Prof. H. B. Wiik (Otaniemi, Finland) and Prof. B. Mason (New York, USA) V. 29, 1964.