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| Basic information | Name: Apex This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1938 Country: United States Mass:  6.1 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 64:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE APEX, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: APEX Place of find: Apex Gulch, 5 miles N. of Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA. 39°45'N., 105°12'W Date of find: 1938, recognized 1983 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa26.3. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 6.1 g Circumstances of find: Found by Robert Akerley during his investigation of an ancient Indian camping site in the foothills west of Denver. This site subsequently became known as the Magic Mountain site. The specimen is now in the Denver Museum of Natural History. Source: J. Murphy, Denver Museum of Natural History, City Park, Denver, Colorado 80205, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 64, Meteoritics 21, 309-313 (1986)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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