Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Sand Creek

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Sand Creek

Basic information

Name: Sand Creek
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1986
Country: United States
Mass: 2.44 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	H5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 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 82:

Sand Creek

Graham County, Kansas, USA

Found ca. 1986

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

A 2.443 kg stone was found by a farmer while plowing a grain field. Classification and mineralogy (T. J. McCoy, SI): olivine, Fa_19.1_±_0.4; pyroxene Fs_17.1_±_0.3Wo_1.2_±_0.2; shock stage S4; weathering grade W2; probably not paired with Penokee or Morland, which have different shock features. Specimens: main mass, Reed; type specimen, SI.

Institutions
and collections

SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
David L. Ribeca

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(39° 26'N, 100° 0'W)
Recommended::	(39° 25' 48"N, 99° 59' 42"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.6 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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