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Enigma
Basic information Name: Enigma
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1967
Country: United States
Mass:help 94 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 39  (1967)  H
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6415 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [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 39:
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ENIGMA, Berrien County, Georgia, USA; φ = 31°20'N, λ =82Q19'W

FOUND, many years ago.

STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite.

126 g in U. S. National Museum (Washington, USA).

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 39, Moscow (1967) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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United States
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     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (31° 20'N, 82° 19'W)
     Recommended::   (31° 20'N, 82° 19'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Georgia, United States
     This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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