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Basic information | Name: Williams This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 5782 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 19 Jun 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 102:
Williams 38.843°N, 86.620°W Lawrence County, Indiana, United States Found: 2012 Oct Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: Found by Mr. Douglas May in October 2012 while he was tilling his garden. The find location was 3 miles east of Williams in Lawrence County, Indiana. Physical characteristics: A single brownish stone weighing 1030 g. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) The specimen consists of small, well-formed chondrules in a finer grained matrix rich in stained metal. Primary minerals are olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, merrillite, chlorapatite, troilite and kamacite (partially altered to iron hydroxides). Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.9-19.0), orthopyroxene (Fs16.9-17.0Wo1.2-1.3), clinopyroxene (Fs5.2-5.3Wo46.7-46.9). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4). Specimens: A total of 20.2 g of sample and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWB. The main mass is held by Mr. D. May. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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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 1835 approved meteorites from United States (plus 358 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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