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| Basic information | Name: Bayard This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1982 Country: United States Mass:  75 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8604 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 62:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE BAYARD, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: BAYARD Place of find: Near Bayard, in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA. 41°49'N., 103°22'W Date of find: 1982 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa24.5. Number of individual specimens: 75 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported. Source: A.W. Struempler, Department of Chemistry, Chadron State College, Nebraska 69337, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 62, Meteoritics 19, 49-57 (1984)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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