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| Basic information | Name: Wray (b) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1938 Country: United States Mass:  3.88 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 7217 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 77:
Wray (b) Colorado, USA. Found 1938 Ordinary chondrite (L5 S2) A mass of 3.844 kg was found 17 miles N of the town of Wray. It was purchased by O. E. Monnig in 1938. Classification and analysis: olivine Fa24.2, pyroxene Fs20.5; A. J. Ehlmann and K. Keil., University of Hawaii, Planetary Geosciences Division, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA. See also Ehlmann and Keil (1993). Main mass: Monnig Collection, Dept. of Geology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USA. Wray (b) is different from the H-chondrite Wray listed in the Catalogue of Meteorites (Graham et al. 1985), which shall be known as Wray (a). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1881 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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