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| Basic information | Name: Marengo This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: United States Mass:  68 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12780 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 74:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Marengo McHenry County, Illinois, USA Found 1991 September Ordinary chondrite (L6) One stone of 68 g was found among rock piles on the side of a cultivated farm field by James A. Wotal and his son, Alex. Analysis and classification, olivine Fa25.0, pyroxene Fs21.2, Edward J. Olsen, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Information, main mass and thin section used for classification, P. P. Sipiera, Schmitt Meteorite Research Group, Harper College, 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine, Illinois 60067, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 74, Meteoritics 28, 146-153 (1993)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Illinois, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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