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Statesboro
Basic information Name: Statesboro
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: United States
Mass:help 2.16 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

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)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 3
  Line 32:
State/Prov/County:Bulloch, GA
Origin or pseudonym:bean field
Date:15 Jun 2000
Latitude:32°26.25'N
Longitude:81°55'W
Mass (g):2158.26
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Fayalite (mol%):24.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8
Classifier:M.S. Kelley, P.A. Asher, T. McCoy, SI
Type spec mass (g):25
Finder:H. Cannon
Institutions
   and collections		 SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Harrold Cannon with his discovery   
Michael Kelley   
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Dave Gheesling   
Gerald Armstrong   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (32° 26' 15"N, 81° 55' 0"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Georgia, United States
     This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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