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Brownfield (1964)
Basic information Name: Brownfield (1964)
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1964
Country: United States
Mass:help 4.1 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 34  (1965)  H
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11238 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)
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Writeup from MB 34:
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BROWNFIELD No. 2, Terry County, Texas, USA; φ = 33°13' N, λ =  102'11'W.

FOUND, 1964.

STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite.

One individual, weight 4.1 kg.

Source: Report of Dr. Glenn I. Huss (American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, USA) in a letter, VI.8 1965.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 34, Moscow (1965)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (33° 13'N, 102° 11'W)
     Recommended::   (33° 13'N, 102° 11'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: Brownfield (b) (In NHM Cat)
Brownfield no. 2 (In NHM Cat)

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