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| Basic information | Name: Brandon This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1975 Country: United States Mass:  7.58 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as L6/7. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 72:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Brandon Perkins County, Nebraska, USA Found August 1975 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (L6/7). A mass of 7.58 kg was found by Bob Harmon in a grain field. Olivine Fa25.8, silicates highly recrystallized, analysis and thin section, A. L. Graham, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK. Information and main mass, Terry E. Schmidt, Tiara Observatory, P. O. Box 1059, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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