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| Basic information | Name: Ellis County This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1948 Country: United States Mass:  4.69 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6544 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ELLIS COUNTY, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: ELLIS COUNTY Place of find: About 6.5 miles south of Hays, south-central Ellis County, Kansas, USA. 38°47'N., 99°20'W., approximately. Date of find: 1948 or 1949. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 4.692 kg Circumstances of find: Ploughed up from a depth of about 18 inches. Source: E.J. Olsen and G.I Huss, 1976. Ellis County, Kansas, meteorite. Earth Science, September-October. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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