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Thurman
Basic information Name: Thurman
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1965
Country: United States
Mass:help 1959 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 56  (1979)  Chondrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Chondrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  OC
Recommended:  OC    [explanation]

This is 1 of 75 approved meteorites (plus 3 unapproved names) classified as OC.   [show all]
Search for other: Ordinary chondrites
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Writeup from MB 56:
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DISCOVERY OF THE THURMAN, USA, STONY METEORITE

Name: THURMAN

Place of find: Washington County, Colorado, USA.

39'31'18"N., 103'10'W.

Date of find: Recognized 1965.

Class and type: Stone. Chondrite.

Number of individual

specimens: 1

Total weight: 1959 g

Circumstances of find: Found by a woman while she was looking for arrowheads.

Source: G.I Huss, 1976. The Huss Coll. of Meteorites, p. 42, American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (39° 31' 18"N, 103° 10' 0"W)
     Recommended::   (39° 31' 18"N, 103° 10' 0"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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