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| Basic information | Name: McCracken This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1980 Country: United States Mass:  1530 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 69:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. McCracken Ness County, Kansas, USA Found about 1980 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H4-5) A single mass of 1530 g was found by Russell Schneider during ploughing. Olivine Fa19, T. E. Schmidt, Tiara Observatory, P. O. Box 1059, Colorado Springs, Colorado 8091, and G. Millhollen, Geology Department, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas 67601, USA. Main mass with T. Schmidt, thin sections used for classification at Fort Hays State University. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 69, Meteoritics 25, 237-239 (1990)
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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 1935 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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