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| Basic information | Name: Post This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 Country: United States Mass:  2 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites classified as L. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 51:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE POST, TEXAS, STONY METEORITE Name: POST Place of find: 4 miles due south of Post, Garza County, Texas. 33° 07'N, 101° 23'W. Date of find: 1965(?) Class and type: Stone. Veined, polymict olivine-hypersthene chondrite, badly weathered. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: Approximately 2 kg Circumstances of find: Found by Mr. Bill Taylor and Mr. Sam Hoover while hunting game. The specimen was so badly weathered that it fell immediately into two approximately equal parts. Mr. Hoover retained one half of the meteorite that has since been misplaced. Mr. Taylor retains the other half, except for a thin section and 20 g in the possession of Dr. Elbert A. King, Jr. Source: Dr. Elbert A. King, Jr. Department of Geology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 51, Meteoritics 7, 215-232 (1972)
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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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