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| Basic information | Name: Rock Creek This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1980 or 1979 Country: United States Mass:  1641 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8604 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 61:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ROCK CREEK, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: ROCK CREEK Place of find: Swisher County, Texas, USA. 34°25'20"N., 101°29'51"W. Date of find: 1980 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L4). Olivine Fa24 2. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 1641 g Circumstances of find: Not reported. The main mass is now in Chicago. Field Museum of Natural History. Source: E.J. Olsen, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 61, Meteoritics 18, 77-83 (1983)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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