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| Basic information | Name: Cole Creek This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: United States Mass:  16.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11150 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
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. Cole Creek Sherman County, Nebraska, USA Found January 1, 1991 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H5) A mass of 16.3 kg was found by Clay Fowler; it was exposed about two feet below the surface in an old road cut. The cavity from which the stone was removed is covered by a thin layer of undisturbed modern soil, inspection of the find site by V. L. Souders, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Olivine Fa18.5, analysis and classification, A. Brearly, Dept. of Geology and Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA. Information by A. W. Struempler, Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska 69337, USA, where also the main mass is located. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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