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Drayton

Basic information

Name: Drayton
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1982
Country: United States
Mass: 2.35 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	H4/5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4-5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4/5
Recommended:			H4/5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 83:

Drayton

Pembina County, North Dakota, USA

Found 1982 July

Ordinary chondrite (H4/5)

A 2.35 kg stone was found in an otherwise rock-free field by Mr. Phil Raney. Mineralogy and classification (N. Forsman, UND; C. Lewis, ASU; A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa_17.8; shock stage, S3. Specimens: main mass, UND.

Institutions
and collections

ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UND: Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Dec 2018)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(48° 40'N, 97° 7'W)
Recommended::	(48° 40'N, 97° 7'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from North Dakota, United States (plus 2 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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