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| Basic information | Name: Kyle This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 Country: United States Mass:  7.78 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 51:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE KYLE, TEXAS, STONY METEORITE Name: KYLE Place of find: Kyle, Hayes County, Texas. 29° 58.5'N, 97° 52'W. Date of find: Known earlier but identified in 1965. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 7.78 kg Circumstances of find: The meteorite was found by children on a farm about three miles southeast of Kyle. Source: R. V. Fodor, Klaus Keil, E. Jarosewich and G. I Huss (1971). Mineralogy and Chemistry of the Kyle, Texas, chondrite. Meteoritics 6, 71-79. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 51, Meteoritics 7, 215-232 (1972)
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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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