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| Basic information | Name: West Point This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1972 Country: United States Mass:  3.1 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12331 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 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE WEST POINT, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: WEST POINT Place of find: Lynn County, Texas, USA. 33°4'30"N., 102°2'42"W. Date of find: 1972 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Olivine Fa25. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 3.1 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported. Source: G.I Huss, 1976. The Huss Coll. of Meteorites, p. 46, 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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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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