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Seagraves
Basic information Name: Seagraves
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1962
Country: United States
Mass:help 13 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 39  (1967)  H
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 39:
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SEAGRAVES, Gaines County, Texas, USA; φ = 32°56'N, λ =102°35'W.

FOUND, 1962.

STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite.

1 specimen, weight 13 kg, in U.S. National Museum (Washington, USA).

Source: List of the meteorites in a letter of Dr. Brian Mason (Washington, USA) 1.13.1967.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 39, Moscow (1967) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (32° 56'N, 102° 35'W)
     Recommended::   (32° 56'N, 102° 35'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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