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| Basic information | Name: Lost Creek This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1916 Country: United States Mass:  4.02 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as H3.8. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 86:
Lost Creek Lincoln County, Kansas, USA Find 1916 Ordinary chondrite (H3.8) A single 4.018 kg stone was found by a man walking along a fence line surrounding a farm pasture. The stone was passed to the finder's son where it remained until purchased in 2001 December. Classification (A. Rubin, UCLA): Fa19.2±0.3. Shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W3. Specimens: type specimen, 46 g, UCLA; main mass, Brad Sampson. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1891 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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