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Kaffir (b) | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Kaffir (b) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1966 Country: United States Mass: 3.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE KAFFIR (b), USA, STONY METEORITE Name: KAFFIR (b) Place of find: Swisher County, Texas, USA. 34°40'18"N., 101°48'54"W. Date of find: Recognized 1966. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite. Olivine Fa18. Number of individual specimens: Not reported. Total weight: 3.5 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported. Source: G.I Huss, 1976. The Huss Coll. of Meteorites, p. 24, American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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