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| Basic information | Name: Palmyra This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1926 Country: United States Mass:  135 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 820 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 66:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Palmyra Marion County, Missouri, USA Fell 1926, January 20, 1730 hrs Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L3). A single mass (total mass not reported; 135 g now known) was recovered from a field 2 miles E of Palmyra, Missouri after a bright fireball. Olivine Fa26.7; low-Ca pyroxene Fs5.3-20.6. (G. I. Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, P. O. Box 2096, Denver, CO 86281, USA) | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites from Missouri, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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