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| Basic information | Name: Fluvanna (a) 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:  9.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8604 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 62:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE FLUVANNA, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: FLUVANNA Place of find: Fluvanna, Scurry County, Texas, USA. 32°47'N.. 101'7'12'V. Date of find: 1967, approximately Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Number of individual specimens: 7 plus Total weight: 9.5 kg plus Circumstances of find: Found in ploughed fields over the years. Some material has been lost. The largest mass weighs 6.3 kg. Source: T.E. Schmitt, Tiara Observatory, P.O. Box 1059, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA and K. Tully, Science Department, Western Texas College, Snyder, Texas, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 62, Meteoritics 19, 49-57 (1984)
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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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