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| Basic information | Name: El Paso This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1950 Country: United States Mass:  276 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 373 approved meteorites classified as LL4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 44:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF EL PASO STONY METEORITE, USA Name: EL PASO. The place of fall or discovery: About 40 km east of El Paso, Texas, USA, φ = 31°47' N, λ = 106°14' W. Date of fall of discovery: FOUND, 1950. Class and type: STONY, olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 275.8 g. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Found on surface by W. S. Strain. Specimen has one freshly broken surface. It is in Department of Geology of the University of Texas (El Paso, USA). Source: Report of Prof. W. S. Strain (El Paso, USA) in a letter, X 4, 1968. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 44, Moscow (1968) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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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 1866 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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