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| Basic information | Name: Edmonson (b) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1981 Country: United States Mass:  14.4 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6407 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 61:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE EDMONSON (b), USA, STONY METEORITE Name: EDMONSON (b) Place of find: Near Edmonson, Hale County, Texas, USA. 34°17'N., 101°50'W., approximately. Date of find: February 1981 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 14.402 kg Circumstances of find: A single mass was brought to the surface by ploughing. Source: J. Westcott, P.O. Box 327, Sedona, Arizona 86336, USA. Note: The meteorite previously reported as Edmonson, an olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6), Meteoritical Bulletin, 1967, (40) in Meteoritics, 1970, 5, 94, should now be referred to as Edmonson (a). | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 61, Meteoritics 18, 77-83 (1983)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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