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| Basic information | Name: Oliver This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1984 Country: United States Mass:  6.69 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE OLIVER, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: OLIVER Place of find: Kimball County, Nebraska, USA. 41°12'N., 103°41'W. Date of find: July 1984 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa25.0. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 6.69 kg Circumstances of find: The single, wholly crusted, mass was found in a field. The crust is very fresh and dark, contrasting with the yellow-grey, slightly oxidized interior of the stone. Source: G.I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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