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Seibert (b)

Basic information

Name: Seibert (b)
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: United States
Mass: 8.6 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 81	(1997)	L6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

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 81:

Seibert (b)

Kit Carson County, Colorado, USA

Found 1991

Ordinary chondrite (L6)

An 8.6 kg stone was found while plowing a wheat field. Mineralogy and classification (J. Clark and C. Lewis, ASU; A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa_25.0. This meteorite receives the designation Seibert (b); the H5 chondrite found 6 km to the northeast in 1941 shall be designated henceforth Seibert (a). Specimens: 2.7 kg, DMNH; 25.8 g, UCLA; main mass, Reed.

Institutions
and collections

ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
DMNH: Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, United States (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2011)
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. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Matteo Chinellato
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Phil Schmitz

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(39° 16' 36"N, 102° 53' 12"W)
Recommended::	(39° 16' 36"N, 102° 53' 12"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 m apart

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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