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| Basic information | Name: Dalhart This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1968 Country: United States Mass:  4.4 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 51:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE DALHART, TEXAS, STONY METEORITE Name: DALHART Place of find: Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas. 36° 2' 36"N, 102° 24' 30"W. Date of find: 1968 Class and type: Stone. Chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 4.4 kg Circumstances of find: Found by an amateur hunter of Indian artifacts on native grass pasture. Source: Glenn I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, Colorado 80201. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 51, Meteoritics 7, 215-232 (1972)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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