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Meadow (b)
Basic information Name: Meadow (b)
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1981
Country: United States
Mass:help 691 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 63  (1985)  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 63:
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DISCOVERY OF THE MEADOW (b), USA, STONY METEORITE

Name: MEADOW (b)

Place of find: Terry County, Texas, USA

33°19'53"N., 102°16'8"W.

Date of find: 1981

Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6).

Number of individual

specimens: 1

Total weight: 691 g

Circumstances of find: Found during ploughing in the same area as the Meadow (a) stone which is an H5 chondrite.

Source: G.I Huss, American Meteorite Lab, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (33° 19' 53"N, 102° 16' 8"W)
     Recommended::   (33° 19' 53"N, 102° 16' 8"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 316 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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