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| Basic information | Name: Clovis (no. 2) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1963 Country: United States Mass:  41.3 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 32:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY CLOIS NO. 2 STONY METEORITE, USA Name: CLOIS NO. 2. The place of fall or discovery: Curry County, New Mexico, USA; φ = 34°18' N, λ = 103°12' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1960 or 1961; recognized 1963. Class and type: STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: One complete and one broken individual. Total weight: 13.3 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: --- Source: Report of Dr. Glenn I. Huss (Denver, USA) in a letter IX.21 1964 (See also the M. B. No 22, 1961). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 32, Moscow (1964)
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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: |
Clois (In NHM Cat; MetBase says Clovis (no. 1)) Clovis (b) (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||