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Glasston | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Glasston This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1969 Country: United States Mass: 1990 g | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Glasston Pembina County , North Dakota , USA Found 1969 or before Ordinary chondrite (L5) A 1990 g stone was recovered by Dean A. Young. Classification and mineralogy (T. McCoy, SI ): olivine, Fa24.1±0.3; pyroxene, Fs20.5±0.1Wo1.5; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W3; contains metal-sulfide shock veins. Specimens: main mass, 1680 g, SI . | ||||||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from North Dakota, United States (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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