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| Basic information | Name: Great Bend 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:  28.77 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H 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 GREAT BEND, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: GREAT BEND Place of find: Barton County, Kansas, USA. 38°23'42"N., 98°54'57"W. Date of find: 1983, recognized in this year Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6). Olivine Fa19.4. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 28.77 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported. Mass now in Denver, American Meteorite Laboratory. Source: G.I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, 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 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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