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| Basic information | Name: Republican River This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1942 Country: United States Mass:  135 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6426 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 69:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Republican River Franklin County, Nebraska, USA Found 1942 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H4) A single, highly oxidized mass weighing 135 g was found on farm land, T. E. Schmidt, Tiara Observatory, P. O. Box 1059, Colorado Springs, Colorado 8091, USA. Classification, olivine Fa19.4, C. F. Lewis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA. Main mass at Museum, Hastings, Nebraska. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 69, Meteoritics 25, 237-239 (1990)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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