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| Basic information | Name: Granada Creek 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:  479 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 104 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE GRANADA CREEK, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: GRANADA CREEK Place of find: 6.5 miles S. of Granada, Prowers County, Colorado, USA. 37°58'N., 102°20'W. Date of find: Spring 1975. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 479 g Circumstances of find: Mr. Chester Sperra found the specimen in a field on his farm during a dust storm. Source: J.A. Murphy, Curator, Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado 80205, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1865 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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