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| Basic information | Name: Bison This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1958 Country: United States Mass:  11 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2954 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL 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 BISON, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: BISON Place of find: Rush County, Kansas, USA. 38°18'24"N., 99°42'36'V. Date of find: 1958 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite, amphoterite (LL6). Olivine Fa31.9. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 3 kg, approximately Circumstances of find: The single mass was found about 6.8 km N. of Bison. Source: G.I Huss, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA; A.L. Graham, Department of Mineralogy, BM(NH), London, SW7 5BD. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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