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Finney
Basic information Name: Finney
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1962
Country: United States
Mass:help 10.7 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 32  (1964)  H
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 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 32:
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DISCOVERY FINNEY STONY METEORITE, USA

Name: FINNEY.

The place of fall or discovery: Hole County, Texas, USA; φ = 34°16' N, λ = 101434'W.

Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1962.

Class and type: STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite.

Number of individual specimens: 1.

Total weight: 10.4 kg.

Circumstances of the fall or discovery: ---

Source: Report of Dr. Glenn 1. Huss (Denver, USA) in a letter IX.21 1964.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 32, Moscow (1964)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 16'N, 101° 34'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 16'N, 101° 34'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 316 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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