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| Basic information | Name: Fairview This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1986 Country: United States Mass:  28.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 67:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Fairview Bailey County, Texas, USA Found 1986 Iron. Octahedrite, coarse (IIIAB). A single mass weighing 28.8 kg was found in a field during a cattle round-up (G. I. Huss, P. O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA). Classification, analysis, 7.56% Ni, 19.5 ppm Ga, 37.6 ppm Ge, 7.49 ppm Ir (J. T. Wasson et al. (1989) Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 53, 735). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 67, Meteoritics 24, 57-60 (1989)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Lubbock (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||