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Basic information | Name: Noblesville This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1991 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites classified as H4-6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
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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. Noblesville Hamilton County, Indiana, USA Fell August 31, 1991, at about 1900 CDT Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H6-clasts in H4-host) The stone passed two witnesses, Brodie Spaulding and Brian Kinzie, who observed it land 3.56 m in front of them on the lawn in front of a house. No light or sound except for the whirring sound as it passed and the thud in the ground was noticed. It is an oriented specimen with well-developed flight markings, weight 483.7 g. Large white H6-clasts have olivine Fa20, pyroxene Fs18-20, mean 19, the H4-host has olivine Fa16-21, mean 19, pyroxene Fs 7-22, mean 17, PMD 2%, thin section, classification and analysis, M. E. Zolensky, NASA Johnson Space Center, Code SN2, Houston, Texas 77058, USA. Information, M. E. Lipschutz, Dept. Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1393, USA. The main mass will be returned after the analyses to the finder, B. Spaulding. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 13 approved meteorites from Indiana, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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