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| Basic information | Name: Slaton This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1941 Country: United States Mass:  1070 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2008 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Slaton Lubbock County, Texas, USA Found 1941, recognized 1994 Ordinary chondrite (L4) A 1070 gram stone was found by H. M. Cade while he was plowing a cotton field. Mr. Cade kept it on a shelf until his death. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa23.1; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W4. Specimens: type specimen, 19 g, UCLA; main mass, AShaw. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) AShaw: Allen Shaw, P.O. Box 13166, Edwardsville, KS 66113, United States (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Slaton (a) (defined with Slaton (b)) | ||||||||||||||||