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Basic information | Name: Waka This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1963 Country: United States Mass: 11.88 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6826 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 66:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Waka Ochiltree County, Texas, USA Found before 1963 Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6). A single 11.875 kg oriented stone was found by B. J. Garnett 9 miles S of Waka, Texas on section 135, block 4T. Olivine Fa19.1. (B. R. Harrison, The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, P. O. Box 967, W. T. Station, Canyon, Texas 79016, USA; T. E. Schmidt, Tiara Observatory, P. O. Box 1059, Colorado Springs, CO 80901, USA) | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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