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Seagraves (b)
Basic information Name: Seagraves (b)
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1976
Country: United States
Mass:help 4.6 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 73  (1992)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 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)
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Writeup from MB 73:
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Seagraves (b)

Gaines County, Texas, USA

Found 1976

Stone, ordinary chondrite (H5)

A single mass of 4.6 kg was found, letter of G. I. Huss, 1983 October 26, The Natural History Museum, Dep. of Mineralogy, London UK. Classification and analysis, olivine Fa17.4, pyroxene Fs16.0, F. Wlotzka, MPI Chemie, Mainz, FRG.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Don Edwards   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (32° 55' 2"N, 102° 30' 0"W)
     Recommended::   (32° 55' 2"N, 102° 30' 0"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 316 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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