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| Basic information | Name: Los Lunas This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1978 Country: United States Mass:  94.5 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 5996 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 61:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE LOS LUNAS, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: LOS LUNAS Place of find: Near Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico, USA. 34°48'45"N., 106°47'30"W. Date of find: February, 1978 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Number of individual specimens: 2 Total weight: 95 g Circumstances of find: Found by G. Nelson on a sandy area in desert. Source: E. Olsen, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 61, Meteoritics 18, 77-83 (1983)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 226 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1865 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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