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| Basic information | Name: Wagon Mound This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1932 Country: United States Mass:  87.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12583 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Wagon Mound Mora County , New Mexico, USA Found 1932, spring Ordinary chondrite (L6) An 87.5 kg stone was found by Donald Wiggins while he was planting a field. His family kept the meteorite for 67 years, before selling it in 1999. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa25.3 ± 0.3 ; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W2. Specimens: type specimen, 80 g, UCLA; main mass, Cott. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) Cott: Michael Cottingham Meteorite Collection, P.O. Box 727, Silver City, NM 88062, United States (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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