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| Basic information | Name: Sierra County 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:  1000 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 37:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. SIERRA COUNTY, New Mexico, USA, exact locality unknown; φ = 33° N, λ = 107½° W. FOUND, 1962. STONE, olivine-bronzite chondrite. 365.5 gr. in Inst. Meteor., Univ. New Mexico, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 37, Moscow (1966)
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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 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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