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| Basic information | Name: Lone Star 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:  4.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H 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 LONE STAR, TEXAS, STONY METEORITE Name: LONE STAR Place of find: Lone Star, Floyd County, Texas. 34° 15'35 "N, 101° 24'30"W. Date of find: Unknown. Class and type: Stone. Chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 4.3 kg Circumstances of find: A part of an individual was plowed up from a field. It was recognized as a meteorite in 1966. Source: Glenn I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, Colorado 80201. | ||||||||||||||||
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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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