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Basic information | Name: Plainview (e) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10973 approved meteorites (plus 20 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:
Plainview (e) 34.185131°N, 101.705579°W Hale County, Texas, USA Found: 2010 June Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Found by McCartney Taylor in a pile of rocks in the backyard of an elderly woman’s property in the town of Plainview, Hale County, Texas, in June 2010. The woman stated that she had found it many years ago during a rock collecting trip in the region. Physical characteristics: A single dense stone (1250 g) covered by a dark brown weathering patina and some remnant weathered fusion crust. Interior is dark brown with some fresh metal. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules (predominantly BO). Mineralogy is olivine, orthopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, minor clinopyroxene, chromite, altered kamacite and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.7-18.9), orthopyroxene (Fs15.9-16.0Wo1.2-1.6), clinopyroxene (Fs6.8Wo45.9). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, S2, W3). This specimen may be paired with other similar H chondrite stones named Plainview found in Hale County. Specimens: A 40 g slice and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWS. The main mass is held by Mr. M. Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1775: |
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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) |
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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 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1891 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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