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Neenach
Basic information Name: Neenach
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1948
Country: United States
Mass:help 13.8 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 8  (1958)  Stone
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12668 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)
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Writeup from MB 8:
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NEENACH, California, U. S. A. Stone.

Literature: l. Griffith Observer (Griffith Observatory) Los Angeles, 1953, v.17, pp. 80-82. /MA-12-253/. 2. Meteoritics, 1953, v. l, No. l, p.28. /MA-12-360/.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 8, Moscow (1958)
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United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 48'N, 118° 30'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 48'N, 118° 30'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1924 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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