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Basic information | Name: Etter This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 8690 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ETTER, TEXAS, STONY METEORITE Name: ETTER Place of find: Etter, Moore County, Texas, U.S.A. 35°59'N,101 °54'W. Date of find: Recognized 1966. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 4 individuals, 1 fragment. Total weight: 153.3 kg Circumstances of find: All specimens were plowed up in fields. The finds were confined to an area about 0.4 X 1.2 km. Extensive search with metal detector has failed to locate additional specimens. Source: Glenn I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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