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| Basic information | Name: Colony This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1975 Country: United States Mass:  3.91 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites classified as CO3.0. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 COLONY, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: COLONY Place of find: Near Colony, Washita County, Oklahoma, USA. 35°21'N., 98°41'W. Date of find: 1975, approximately; recognized 1980 Class and type: Stone. Carbonaceous chondrite, type III, Ornans-type (C03). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 3912 g Circumstances of find: Found when caught in the tines of a cotton cultivator. Source: H.H. Nininger, J. Westcott, P.O. Box 327, Sedona, Arizona 86336, 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 42 approved meteorites from Oklahoma, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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