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Basic information | Name: Haxtun This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1975 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as H/L4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), H/L chondrites, H/L chondrites (type 4-7), L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Revised 21 Sep 2007: Changed recommended classification to H/L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 75:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Haxtun Phillips County, Colorado, USA Found 1975 August Ordinary chondrite (H/L4 or L4) A weathered stone (weathering grade W4, see Wlotzka, 1993) of 15.5 kg was found in a wheat field. Research material, thin section, classification as H/L4 and analysis, olivine Fa21.6 ± 0.4, pyroxene Fs17.8 ± 1.3Wo0.6 ± 0.4, Co in kamacite 7.5 ± 0.4 mg/g, Alan E. Rubin, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024-1567, USA. The bulk analysis gives an L classification: total Fe 20.9 ± 0.5% (avg. of 5 samples), XRF-analysis, A. Burghele; NAanalysis: 20.5% total Fe, low siderophiles, Ni 0.92%, Co 436 ppm, Ir 0.46 ppm, Se 12.8 ppm, low alkalies, Na 0.37%, K 500 ppm, B. Spettel, both Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, D-55020 Mainz, Germany. Main mass and information, Blaine Reed, 907 County Road 207, #17, Durango, Colorado 81301, USA; 3.7 kg at the Oklahoma Meteorite Laboratory, P. O. Box 1923, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74076, USA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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