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Basic information | Name: Jonah This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1963 Country: United States Mass: 1304 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 77:
Jonah Williamson County, Texas, USA Found 1963 Ordinary chondrite (H5) A highly weathered stone of 1304 g was found by farmer G. Wendland while ploughing a field. Information, classification and analysis: olivine Fa18.5 (PMD 0.6%), pyroxene Fs17.5 (PMD 1%); Michael Zolensky, SN2, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA. Main mass: 1.1 kg, Blaine Reed, 907 County Road 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301, USA; 153 g, John Martin, Oklahoma Meteorite Laboratory, P. O. Box 1923, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74076, USA; Research specimen, PTS and 24 g, M. Lindstrom, SN2, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 316 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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