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Indio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Indio This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: United States Mass: 566 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11505 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 23 Aug 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Indio 33º46’20.2"N, 116º08’21.5"W California, United States Find: 2013 Jan Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: The specimen was found as three stones that fit together; the large one is 475.5 g and is being retained by the finder. Physical characteristics: The main mass is oblong and is largely covered by brownish-black fusion crust. Petrography: The sample has readily delineated chondrules. Plagioclase grains range up to 20 μm across. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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