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Lushton
Basic information Name: Lushton
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1914
Country: United States
Mass:help 6.7 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 67  (1989)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 67:
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Lushton

York County, Nebraska, USA

Found 1914, reported 1984

Stone. Ordinary chondrite (L6).

A total weight of 6.7 kg was found one mile NE. of Lushton (G. I. Huss, P. O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA). Olivine analysis, Fa25, classification, A. L. Graham, BM(NH).

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 67, Meteoritics 24, 57-60 (1989)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (40° 44' 59"N, 97° 44' 59"W)
     Recommended::   (40° 44' 59"N, 97° 44' 59"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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