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| Basic information | Name: Hoxie This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1963 Country: United States Mass:  266 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 75 approved meteorites (plus 3 unapproved names) classified as OC. [show all] Search for other: Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 29:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF HOXIE STONY METEORITE, USSR Name: HOXIE. The place of fall or discovery: SW of the town of Hoxie, Sheridan County, Kansas, USA. Date of fall or discovery: Observed and found many years ago, but not reported until 1963. Class and type: STONY, chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 104.47 kg Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The fall, of the meteorite was witnessed and recovered by Mr. N. J. Cummings on his farm. His grandson turned the meteorite over to the Kansas Geological Survey in 1963 for study. Source: An Article: W. E. Hill, Jr., Report of two meteorite finds from Sheridan County, Kansas. Kansas Acad.. Set. Trans., v. 66, no, 2,270-273, 1963 and a report of Dr. Mort D. Turner (Lawrence, USA) in a letter, X.1.1963. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 29, Moscow (1964)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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