Official name: Kulp
Observed fall: yes
Fall: 1906, March 29
Coordinates (Catalogue of Meteorites; Meteoritcal Bulletin): 41°7' N, 45°0' E
Recovered weight: ca. 3.72 kg (two masses)
Chondrite, type H6

Note: The coordinates (41°7' N, 45°24' E ) reported by Krinov (1976) put the fall location in Azerbaijan near the town of Qazax (Газах). According to the same author, the recovered mass of the two stones would have been circa 10-11 kg, while the preserved mass is 3.719 kg.

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Krinov, E.L. [Кринов, Е.Л.] (1976) Short catalogue of the U.S.S.R. meteorites on January 1, 1976 [Краткий каталог метеоритов СССР на 1 января 1976г]. Meteoritika [Метеоритика], 35, 115-135 (in Russian).

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