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| Basic information | Name: Blackwood Creek This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1998 Country: United States Mass:  67 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6375 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Blackwood Creek Hayes County, Kansas, USA Found 1998 July Ordinary chondrite (H6) A 67 g oriented stone was found by Mr. Mike Jones, a student of paleontology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, while he was digging for fossils. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa19.5; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W2. Specimens: type specimen, 10 g, UCLA; main mass, OShaw. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) OShaw: Oza Shaw, P.O. Box 13213, Edwardsville, KS 66113, United States (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States This is 1 of 1885 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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