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| Basic information | Name: Panhandle This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1969 Country: United States Mass:  1360 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE PANHANDLE, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: PANHANDLE Place of
find: Near Panhandle, Carson County, Texas,
USA. Date of find: July 17, 1969. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 1.36 kg Circumstances of find: Found by a farmer. Main mass in the possession of E.A. King, Department of Geology, University of Houston. Source: E.A. King, Department of Geology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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