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| Basic information | Name: Lea County 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: United States Mass:  498 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 67:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Lea County 001 Lea County, New Mexico, USA Found 1988 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H5). A single mass, collected as two fragments and totalling 489 g in weight, was found S. of Jal. Olivine Fa19, classification, J. Schutt et al. (1988) Meteoritics, 23, 300. Main mass now at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 67, Meteoritics 24, 57-60 (1989)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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