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Basic information | Name: Seminole (f) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11372 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 16 Sep 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Seminole (f) 32°42.023’N, 102°40.361’W Gaines County, Texas, USA Purchased: 2008 Apr Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Found by a rancher in April 2008 among a group of rocks at the corner of a plowed field located 1.75 miles south of the town of Seminole in Gaines County, Texas, and purchased by Philip Mani. Physical characteristics: A single 5421 g stone covered by a dark brown weathering patina and with several fissures. Interior is black with obvious metal. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules (mostly BO). Mineralogy is olivine, orthopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, merrillite, kamacite and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.5-21.0, FeO/MnO = 34.5-53.9), orthopyroxene (Fs16.6-16.8Wo0.8, FeO/MnO = 24.4). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, S2-3, W2). This specimen is likely paired with other H chondrite stones named Seminole found in Gaines County. Specimens: A 38.1 g polished slice is on deposit at UWS. The main mass is held by PMani. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1891: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) PMani: Philip Mani, 20726 Stone Oak Parkway, Suite 116, San Antonio, TX 78258 , United States (private address; updated 2 Jan 2010) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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