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| Basic information | Name: Batesland This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1961 Country: United States Mass:  2.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 81:
Batesland Bennett County, South Dakota, USA Found 1961, Spring Ordinary chondrite (H5) A 2.5 kg stone was found in a shallow depression and used as a pa-perweight for 35 years. Mineralogy, classification and description (M. Zolensky, JSC; J. Martin, OML): olivine, Fa19; pyroxene, Fs16.5; shock stage S2; surface slightly weathered, with fusion crust still evident. Specimens: main mass, John Martin, OML; type thin section, JSC. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022) OML: Oklahoma Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 1923, Stillwater, OK 74076, United States (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites from South Dakota, United States This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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