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| Basic information | Name: Clipperton This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1986 Country: Pacific Ocean Mass:  277 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 20 approved meteorites classified as H3.5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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. Clipperton Pacific Ocean Found 1986 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H3.5) Three fragments of 277 g total weight were recognized among rock samples collected from the ocean floor near the Clipperton fault system; they are highly weathered. Olivine Fa15.9, c.v. 33.3, analysis, N. N. Kononkova, classification, A. V. Ivanov, both at Vemadsky-Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, information, M. I. Petaev, Committee on Meteorites, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. M. Ulyanovoi 3, Moscow 117313, Russia. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Pacific Ocean | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Klipperton (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||