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| Basic information | Name: Anton This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 Country: United States Mass:  41.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 4227 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7), H chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 62:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ANTON, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: ANTON Place of find: Hockley County, Texas, USA. 33°46'57"N., 102°10'52"W. Date of find: 1965 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 41.8 kg Circumstances of find: Found during ploughing. Mass now in the American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, USA. Source: G.I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 62, Meteoritics 19, 49-57 (1984)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 304 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1681 approved meteorites from United States (plus 224 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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