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| Basic information | Name: Kramer Creek 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:  2.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 1709 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 52:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE KRAMER CREEK, COLORADO, STONY METEORITE Name: KRAMER CREEK Place of find: Kramer Creek, Pueblo County, Colorado 38°23'33"N, 104°10'36"W Date of find: 1966, recognized as a meteorite in 1972. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L4). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 2.30 kg Circumstances of find: Mr. Roy Hodges noticed a rock on the surface of the dry creek bed of Kramer Creek while plowing in 1966. Rocks are unusual in this area, and he took it home to his wife who was a collector. It was placed in a rock garden near their house. It was recognized as a meteorite on August 2, 1972, by Terry E. Schmidt when he visited the Hodges' rock garden. Source: Terry E. Schmidt. 1973. The Third Rock Garden - A Meteorite! Earth Sciences, March-April, 63-65. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 52, Meteoritics 9, 101-121 (1974)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1865 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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