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| Basic information | Name: Gomez This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1974 Country: United States Mass:  47 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12401 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 58:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE GOMEZ, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: GOMEZ Place of find: Near Gomez, Terry County, Texas, USA. 33°10'53"N., 102°24'5"W. Date of find: Before 1974. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa26. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 47 kg, approximately. Circumstances of find: Not reported. Source: P.F. Sipiera et al., 1979. Abstract enclosed with letter of November 1979. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 58, Meteoritics 15, 235-240 (1980)
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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 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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