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| Basic information | Name: Lemmon This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1984 Country: United States Mass:  6.68 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11150 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 83:
Lemmon Perkins County, South Dakota, USA Found before 1984, recognized 1998 Ordinary chondrite (H5) An 6.68 kg stone was found beside a fence post by a woman; she placed the stone along her driveway border. It was recogniz ed by Mr. Allen Shaw, who was conducting a house-to-house search for meteorites. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa19.1; shock stage, S1; weathering grade, W3. Specimens: type specimen, 21 g, UCLA; main mass, AShaw. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) AShaw: Allen Shaw, P.O. Box 13166, Edwardsville, KS 66113, United States (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites from South Dakota, United States This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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