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Wells

Basic information

Name: Wells
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1985
Country: United States
Mass: 4.14 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 81	(1997)	LL3.3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL3.3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL3.3
Recommended:			LL3.3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites classified as LL3.3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 81:

Wells

Lynn County, Texas, USA

Found ca. 1985, recognized 1996

Ordinary chondrite (LL3.3)

A 4.135 kg stone was found by P. M. Sherrill in a grain field. Mineralogy and classification (P. Benoit, UArk; A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa_0.8–30.8, average Fa_11.3; induced TL sensitivity (Dhajala = 1), 0.006 ± 0.002; induced TL peak T, 145 ± 16 °C; cathodoluminescence properties similar to St. Mary’s County (LL3.3). Specimens: 83.5 g, ASU; 54 g, UCLA; 171 g, CalTech; main mass, Reed.

Institutions
and collections

ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
UArk: Cosmochemistry Group, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, United States (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011)
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
CalTech: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91124, United States (institutional address)
Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Martin Horejsi
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Jay Piatek
Marcin Cimala

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(33° 3'N, 101° 56'W)
Recommended::	(33° 3'N, 101° 56'W)

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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