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Ellis County
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:help 4.69 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 56  (1979)  H6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 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)
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Writeup from MB 56:
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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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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards   
Kansas Meteorites Society   
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Phil Schmitz   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (38° 47'N, 99° 20'W)
     Recommended::   (38° 47'N, 99° 20'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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