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Grandview
Basic information Name: Grandview
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: United States
Mass:help 6.4 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 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)
Comments: Approved 23 Dec 2008
Revised 13 Apr 2009: Corrected error in name prior to publication of MB95
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 3
  Line 3:
State/Prov/County:Dawson County, Texas
Date:3 Mar 2008
Latitude:32°47.3'N
Longitude:101°56.3'W
Mass (g):6400
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):21
Classifier:not noted
Type spec mass (g):392
Type spec location:TCU
Main mass:BCrossland
Institutions
   and collections		 TCU: Oscar E. Monnig Collection, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX 76129, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Feb 2012)
BCrossland: Bobby Crossland, no contact nformation given (private address; updated 17 Apr 2009)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (32° 47' 18"N, 101° 56' 18"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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Synonymshelp: Granview (Typo in prerelease of MB95)
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