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| Basic information | Name: Hebron This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 Country: United States Mass:  21.82 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 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 82:
Hebron Thayer County, Nebraska, USA Found 1965, Summer Ordinary chondrite (H6) A 21.82 kg stone was discovered by Mr. Larry Degenhardt while driving a tractor; he felt the impact of the plowhead on the stone. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa19.8; pyroxene Fs17.2Wo1.2; shock stage S3; weathering grade W3. Specimens: type specimen, UCLA; main mass, Mr. Jeff Shaw, Edwardsville, Kansas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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