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O'Donnell
Basic information Name: O'Donnell
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: United States
Mass:help 12.7 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 84  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11487 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 84:

O'Donnell

Dawson County , Texas, USA

Found 1992 spring

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

A 12.7 kg stone was found by a farmer who was plowing a cotton field. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA):  olivine, Fa18.6; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W2.  Specimens:  main mass, Cott; type specimen, 235.5 g, UCLA.

Institutions
   and collections
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Cott: Michael Cottingham Meteorite Collection, P.O. Box 727, Silver City, NM 88062, United States (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (32° 55'N, 101° 55'W)
     Recommended::   (32° 54' 44"N, 101° 55' 7"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.5 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 316 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1924 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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