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| Basic information | Name: Monument Draw This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1985 Country: United States Mass:  525 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 94 approved meteorites classified as Acapulcoite. [show all] Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Acapulcoites, and Primitive achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Monument Draw Andrews County, Texas, USA Found 1985, recognized 1990 Stone, acapulcoite One stone of 524.5 g was plowed up by Joe Don Nevill in 1985 about 18 miles NW of Andrews, Texas. Information, classification and analysis, olivine Fa10.1±0.2, pyroxene Fs10.6±0.4Wo1.7, Timothy J. McCoy, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA, see also McCoy et al. (1992). Field information by the late Glenn Huss. The main mass is in possession of the finder. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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