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Little Spring Creek
Basic information Name: Little Spring Creek
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1937
Country: United States
Mass:help 2.95 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 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)
Comments: Revised 26 Jul 2007: Corrected mass
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 2
  Line 55:
State/Prov/County:Alamosa, CO
Date:1937
Latitude:37°41'N
Longitude:105°42'W
Mass (g):2950
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.1
Classifier:G. Huss, ASU
Type spec mass (g):20.2
Main mass:J. R. Williams
Finder:J. R. Williams
Comments:Corrected mass 26 July 2007
Institutions
   and collections		 ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (37° 41'N, 105° 42'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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