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| Basic information | Name: Corn This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1994 Country: United States Mass:  5.18 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10985 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 18 Feb 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Corn 35°24’18"N, 98°44’56"W Oklahoma, USA Found: 1994 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Found by Mr. Kenton Gossen in 1994, in a pasture 2 miles north and 2 miles east of Corn, Washita Co., Oklahoma. Mr. Gossen took the specimen to Southwest State College and was told it was not a meteorite, but he kept it on the shelf in his office until meeting Ms. Sandra Cloud, a science teacher at Corn Bible Academy. In March 2011, Ms. Cloud brought the meteorite to the Kansas Meteorite Museum and Nature Center in Haviland, where the curator (Dr. Donald Stimpson) identified it as an ordinary chondrite and arranged to purchase it. Physical characteristics: A single, large brownish stone weighing 5176 g. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) The specimen is somewhat recrystallized but some chondrules remain. Primary minerals are olivine, orthopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, troilite and some kamacite (partially altered to iron hydroxides). Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa17.9-18.3), orthopyroxene (Fs16.0-16.6Wo1.2), clinopyroxene (Fs5.8Wo45.8-46.1). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, S2, W2). Specimens: A total of 21 g of sample and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWS. The main mass was purchased by DStimpson for the Kansas Meteorite Museum. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 66: |
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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) DStimpson: Donald Stimpson, Kansas Museum and Nature Center, 21255 K Street, Haviland, KS 67059, United States (institutional address; updated 24 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 42 approved meteorites from Oklahoma, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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