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Escalón | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Escalón This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 Country: Mexico Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6000 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 77:
Escalon Chihuahua, Mexico Found 1979 Ordinary chondrite (H4) A stone of 54.3 g was found by Dr. Luis Maeda-Villalobos under unknown circumstances. Classification, main mass, information: Gerardo Sanchez-Rubio, Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Apdo. Postal 70-296, 04510 Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Analysis: olivine Fa19.0, pyroxene Fs16.0; M. Naito and A.M. Reyes-Salas, address as above. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites from Chihuahua, Mexico (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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