The Ornans meteorite is a
carbonaceous chondrite
Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are a class of chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites. They include some of the most primitive known meteorites. The C chondrites represent only a small prop ...
and the type specimen of the
CO group (Carbonaceous Ornans group). Its fall was observed in
France in 1868.
References
Meteorites found in France
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