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Barwise
Basic information Name: Barwise
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1950
Country: United States
Mass:help 10.4 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 40  (1967)  Chondrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11150 approved meteorites (plus 22 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)
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Writeup from MB 40:
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BARWISE, Floyd County, Texas, USA; φ = 34°0'N, λ = 101'30'W.

FOUND, 1950; recognized 1965.

STONY, chondrite. 1 specimen, weight 10.4 kg. Meteorite was plowed up in field.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 40, Moscow (1967) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 0'N, 101° 30'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 0'N, 101° 30'W)

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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