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| Basic information | Name: Circle Back This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1977 Country: United States Mass:  2.27 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [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 CIRCLE BACK, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: CIRCLE BACK Place of find: Circle Back, Bailey County, Texas, USA. 34°1'41"N., 102°40'48"W. Date of find: 1977 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa26 2. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 2268 g Circumstances of find: Not reported. Source: G.I Huss, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, 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 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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