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Hebron
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:help 21.82 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  H6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6633 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)
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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.

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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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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (40° 10'N, 97° 36'W)
     Recommended::   (40° 10'N, 97° 36'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States
     This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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