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| Basic information | Name: Denver This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1967 Country: United States Mass:  230 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 43:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF DENVER STONY METEORITE, USA Name: DENVER The place of fall or discovery: Denver, Denver County, Colorado, U.S.A.; φ = 39°46'5'7" N, λ = 104°55'50" W. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, was found on July 17, 1967; fell during the preceding week. Class and type: STONY, olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 230 g. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite fell on a warehouse roof. Mr. John W. Hartley came to the warehouse in the morning of July 17 and found water leaking through the ceiling. He sent a workman up to inspect the roof (galvanized steel sheet with a tarred surface) and the workman found a hole in the roof with the meteorite resting on the interior ceiling. There are no reports of a fireball or other phenomena during this period. A search of the surrounding has failed to find any more material of this meteorite. The meteorite was presented to U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C., U. S. A. Source: Report of Dr. Brian Mason (Washington, U.S.A.) in a letter III f, 1938. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 43, Moscow (1968) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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