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| Basic information | Name: Galatia This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1971 Country: United States Mass:  23.9 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE GALATIA, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: GALATIA Place of find: About 7 km ENE of Galatia, Barton County, Kansas, USA. 38°38.5'N., 98°53'W. Date of find: August 8, 1971. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa24.9. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 23.9 kg Circumstances of find: Found by Mr. Vernon DeWald in 1971 and identified as a meteorite by W.R. Van Schmus in 1976. Source: W.R. Van Schmus, K. Keil, D.E. Lange and G.H. Conrad, 1978. The Galatia, Kansas, chondrite. Meteoritics 13, 267-273. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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