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| Basic information | Name: Beaver This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1940 Country: United States Mass:  25.63 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 61:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE BEAVER, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: BEAVER Place of find: Beaver, Beaver County, Oklahoma, USA. 36°48'N., 100°32'W. Date of find: 1940, approximately; recognized 1981 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 25.628 kg Circumstances of find: A single mass was found in use as a door-stop in the county jail in Beaver. It had been there for about 40 years. Source: J. Westcott, P.O. Box 327, Sedona, Arizona 86336, USA. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 61, Meteoritics 18, 77-83 (1983)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from Oklahoma, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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