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Basic information | Name: Clovis (no. 1) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1961 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites classified as H3.6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 22:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF CLOVIS STONY METEORITE, USA Name: CLOVIS. The place of fall or discovery: About 12 kin south-southeast of the Santa Fe Railroad Station, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA; φ = 34°18'N, λ = 103°8.5'W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the spring of 1961. Class and type: STONY, chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: Approximately 283 kg.; the dimensions are approximately 55 x 54 x 60 cm. Circumstance of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was recovered while plowing the surface material overlying the formation of late tertiary age.. Apparently the meteorite has been fallen so long that. there were no indications of a crater. The plow, which was set to stir the soil to a depth of about 25 cm, broke when it hit the heavy meteorite. One side of the meteorite is a smooth dome; this face apparently was the leading side. All the other surfaces on this stone are covered with fragments which became firmly attached to the meteorite probably by terrestrial weathering. The centers of these fragments found to be unaltered. A considerable amount of nickel iron is included in the ground mass; troilite is also present. The Clovis meteorite could be a piece of one of the Grady meteorites or the Melrose meteorite, now known front Curry County. The Clovis meteorite is now in the collections of the U. S. National Museum (Washington, USA). Source: Report sent by Dr. E. P. Henderson (Washington, USA) is a letter to E. L. Krirnov, August 22, 1961. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 22, Moscow (1961)
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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 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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