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| Basic information | Name: Arch This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1972 Country: United States Mass:  986 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 470 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ARCH, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: ARCH Place of find: Approximately 8 km NW of Arch, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA. 34°09'N., 103°13'12"W. Date of find: 1972, in the spring. Class and type: Stone. Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 985.8 g Circumstances of find: Found by Mr. Clyde Bartley. Source: T.V.V. King, G.I. Huss and E.A. King. 1977. The Arch, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, carbonaceous chondrite. Meteoritics 12, 276-277 (abs.) | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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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 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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