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| Basic information | Name: Snyder Hill This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1994 Country: United States Mass:  1160 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8581 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 82:
Snyder Hill Pima County, Arizona, USA Found 1994 March Ordinary chondrite (L5) Two fragments of a single mass, ~570 g and ~590 g, were found on a hill by Mr. Dave Johnson and his brother while searching for more pieces of the Cat Mountain meteorite. Classification and mineralogy (D. Kring, UAz; C. Moore, ASU): olivine, Fa24; pyroxene Fs20Wo1; 1.01% Co in kamacite; may be partially shock-melted. Specimens: type thin sections, UAz; main mass split between finder and Haag. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012) UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012) Haag: Robert Haag, P.O. Box 27527, Tucson, AZ 85726, United States; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 178 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (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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