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| Basic information | Name: Cleo Springs This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1960 Country: United States Mass:  24 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6556 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 81:
Cleo Springs Major County, Oklahoma, USA Found early 1960s Ordinary chondrite (H4) A 24 kg stone was found by a farmer in a wheat field, and used as a plow weight. Mineralogy, classification and description (M. Zolen-sky, JSC; J. Martin, OML): olivine, Fa21; pyroxene, Fs18; meteorite is significantly weathered; chondrules contain turbid plagioclase and glass; shock stage S2. Specimens: type specimen, 20 g, JSC; main mass, Reed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022) OML: Oklahoma Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 1923, Stillwater, OK 74076, United States (private address) Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43 approved meteorites from Oklahoma, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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