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| Basic information | Name: McKenzie Draw (a) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1989 Country: United States Mass:  11.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 72:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. McKenzie Draw (a) and (b) Gaines County, Texas, USA Found Summer 1989 Stones. Ordinary chondrites (H4) Five stones were found by D. Billings during plowing in a peanut field. They turned out to be H4-chondrites; three were assigned to fall (a), weight 8.63 kg, 2.27 kg, and 0.9 kg (total 11.8 kg), and two to fall (b), weight 2.09 kg and 0.9 kg (total 2.99 kg). The three individuals from (a) show identical fusion crust morphologies, weathering and free metal in the matrices; the two individuals from (b) show again identical crusts, weathering and lack of free metal. Olivine Fa17.8 in (a), Fa17.9 in (b), classification and analysis, A. L. Graham, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK. Pairing information, main mass and information, Terry E. Schmidt, Tiara Observatory, P. O. Box 1059 , Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901, USA. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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