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Sharon Springs
Basic information Name: Sharon Springs
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1983
Country: United States
Mass:help 23.4 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)
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Writeup from MB 81:

Sharon Springs

Wallace County, Kansas, USA

Found ca. 1983

Ordinary chondrite (L6)

A 23.4 kg stone was found in a roadside ditch.  Mineralogy and classification (A. Brearley, UNM):  olivine, Fa25.0; shock stage S3.  Specimens:  main mass, Reed; type specimen, UNM.

Institutions
   and collections
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
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Kansas Meteorites Society   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (38° 46' 15"N, 101° 47' 5"W)
     Recommended::   (38° 46' 15"N, 101° 47' 54"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.2 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (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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