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| Basic information | Name: Kaufman This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1893 Country: United States Mass:  23 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 5:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Name: KAUFMAN The place of discovery: About four or five miles west of Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA; φ = 32°35'N, λ = 96°25'W. Date of discovery: FOUND, about 1893 Class and type: STONE, chondrite black The number of separate specimens: 1 Total weight, grams: 23000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 5, Moscow (1957)
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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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