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| Basic information | Name: Macy 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:  42 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12583 approved meteorites (plus 8 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MACY, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: MACY Place of find: Roosevelt County, (S20 T1S R29E), New Mexico, USA 34°13'N., 103°55'W. Date of find: 1984 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa25.1. Number of individual specimens: Many; largest individual 24 kg. Total weight: 42 kg Circumstances of find: Found by Mr. Skip Wilson in a 50 ft by 50 ft area, all the specimens appear to be fragments of a single fall. Source: E.R.D. Scott, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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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 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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