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| Basic information | Name: Wellington This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1955 Country: United States Mass:  13.4 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11084 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 44:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF WELLINGTON STONY METEORITE, USA Name: WELLINGTON. The place of fall or discovery: Collingsworth County, Texas, USA; φ = 31'57' N λ = 100°15' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, about 1955. Class and type: STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 13.40 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Recognized as an unusual stone in fine-grained river flood plain deposits. Identified as a meteorite by Dr. E. A. King. Source: Report of Dr. E. A. King, Jr (Houston, USA) in a letter, V I 10, 1968. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 44, Moscow (1968) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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