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| Basic information | Name: Blakeman This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1983 Country: United States Mass:  113.7 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2104 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 17 Dec 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 101:
Blakeman 39°55’N, 101°12’W Rawlins Co, Kansas, USA Found: 1983 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4) History: Found by Edgar Skolout, of Atwood, Kansas, at the edge of a field while checking his crops in the Spring of 1983. Physical characteristics: Exterior ~90% fusion crusted. Interior relatively unweathered showing light and shock-darkended regions. Petrography: (L Garvie, ASU) Aggregate of chondrules and chondrule fragments, with dispersed metal and troilite. Majority of chondrules ~1 mm or less: one RP to 3 mm. Range of chondrule types including BO, PO, POP, GO, and RP. Two ~1 mm chondrules show well-developed dust rims. Troilite polycrystalline and olivines show undulatory extinction and weakly developed planar fractures. Geochemistry: Fa25.2±0.8 (24.2-27.6, n=18), FeO/MnO=52.4±10.6; Fs21.2±1.8 (16.8-22.2, n=8). Classification: Ordinary chondrite, L4, S2, W1-2 Specimens: ASU holds the main mass of 105.9 g and two thin sections. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB101 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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