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Lazbuddie
Basic information Name: Lazbuddie
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1970
Country: United States
Mass:help 8.6 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 57  (1980)  L5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3299 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 57:
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DISCOVERY OF THE LAZBUDDIE, USA, STONY METEORITE

Name: LAZBUDDIE

Place of find: Near Lazbuddie, Parmer County, Texas, USA.

34°30'N., 102°45'W.

Date of find: 1973

Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Olivine Fa26, total iron = 22.6%.

Number of individual

specimens: 1

Total weight: 8.6 kg.

Circumstances of find: Found during ploughing by Mr. Bart Burnett.

Source: B.D. Dod et al., 1979. The Lazbuddie, Parmer County, Texas chondrite. Meteoritics 14, abs.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 57, Meteoritics 15, 93-104 (1980)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 30'N, 102° 45'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 30'N, 102° 45'W)

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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