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| Basic information | Name: Blackwater Draw This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 Country: United States Mass:  1500 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 64:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ARCH (b), USA, STONY METEORITE Name: ARCH (b) Place of find: 9.6 km ENE. of Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA. 34°12'21"N., 103°13'20"W. Date of find: 1979, approximately Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Olivine Fa20.0. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 1.5 kg Circumstances of find: Found in a field during ploughing. Source: G.I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA. Note: The stone previously reported as Arch, Meteoritical Bulletin 1978, no. 55, should now be referred to as the Arch (a) meteorite. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 64, Meteoritics 21, 309-313 (1986)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Arch (b) (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||