Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Ackerly

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Ackerly

Basic information

Name: Ackerly
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: United States
Mass: 3.05 kg

Classification
history:

Recommended:

L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 4818 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7), L chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites

Comments:

Approved 25 Apr 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Ackerly 32°35.42’N, 101°46.33’W

Dawson County, Texas, United States

Found: June 1995

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: Mr. Grigg found this sample while he was plowing a cotton field.

Specimens: 291 g, one thick section, and one thin section are on deposit at TCU. 225 g sample held at TxTech.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Texas
Date:	June 1995
Latitude:	32°35.42'N
Longitude:	101°46.33'W
Mass (g):	3046
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	24.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5
Classifier:	R. Mayne, TCU
Type spec mass (g):	516
Type spec location:	TCU
Main mass:	M.J. Grigg, Ackerly, TX
Finder:	M.J. Grigg
Comments:	submitted by Dr. Rhiannon Mayne

Institutions
and collections

TCU: Oscar E. Monnig Collection, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX 76129, USA (institutional address)
TxTech: Geoscience Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 46, in preparation (2013)

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(32° 35' 25"N, 101° 46' 20"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 304 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1677 approved meteorites from United States (plus 224 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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