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| Basic information | Name: Grayton This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1983 Country: United States Mass:  11.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE GRAYTON, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: GRAYTON Place of find: Grayton Beach, Walton County, Florida, USA. 30°18'42"N., 86°10'W. Date of find: 1983 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). Olivine Fa18.6. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 11.3 kg Circumstances of find: Found near Grayton Beach by H. Povenmire. Source: G.I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA; H. Povenmire, Meteoritics, 1984, 19, 89. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Florida, United States This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Grayton Beach (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||||