Avanhandava is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth in 1952 in São Paulo, Brazil. 68th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting (2005), Chondrule Magnetic Conglomerate Test of Avanhandava H4 Chondrite (T. Kohout and L. J. Pesonen, p.5202 It is classified as H4-ordinary chondrite. A total of of this meteorite was collected after it broke up during its impact with the Earth.The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System
See also Collection of meteorites in the National Museum of Brazil Glossary of meteoritics Meteorite falls
References
Bibliography Paar W. et al. 1976. Revista Brasileira de Geo-ciencias 6: 201–210. Kohout T. et al. 2004. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 29: 885–897. Lee M. R. and Bland P. A. 2004. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68: 893–916. Terho M. et al. 1993. Studia Geopgysica et Geodaetica 37: 65–82.