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| Basic information | Name: Ragland This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1982 or 1978 Country: United States Mass:  12.1 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as LL3.4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 62:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE RAGLAND, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: RAGLAND Place of find: Quay County, New Mexico, USA. 34°46'4"N., 103°33'33"W. Date of find: 1982, recognized in this year Class and type: Stone. Chondrite, type 3, L or LL. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 12.1 kg Circumstances of find: A single, oriented, mass in three fragments was found in a wheat field. The material is now in Denver, American Meteorite Laboratory. 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. 62, Meteoritics 19, 49-57 (1984)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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