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Basic information | Name: Slovak 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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11238 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) | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE SLOVAK, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: SLOVAK Place of find: Near Slovak, Prairie County, Arkansas, USA. 34°39'N., 91°35'W. Date of find: 1962, approximately. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 8.22 kg Circumstances of find: Ploughed up in a rice field. Source: J. Westcott, P.O. Box 327, Sedona, Arizona 86336, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites from Arkansas, United States This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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