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| Basic information | Name: Hope Creek This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1998 Country: United States Mass:  9.83 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2880 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Hope Creek Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA Found 1998 summer Ordinary chondrite (LL6) A 9.83 kg stone was found with a metal detector by Chris Shaw while he was prospecting for gold in a creek. Classification and mineralogy (M. McGehee, G. Huss, ASU): breccia; olivine, Fa29; pyroxene, Fs20.7; shock stage, S3 (light-colored clasts), S4 (dark-colored host); weathering grade, W2. Specimens: main mass, 5.74 k g, with finder; ~ 2 kg AShaw; ~ 2 kg, OShaw; 46.2 g, AMNH; 41.8 g, UCLA; 32.6 g, ASU. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
AMNH: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, United States (institutional address; updated 18 May 2013) ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) AShaw: Allen Shaw, P.O. Box 13166, Edwardsville, KS 66113, United States (private address) OShaw: Oza Shaw, P.O. Box 13213, Edwardsville, KS 66113, United States (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Alaska, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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