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| Basic information | Name: O'Donnell This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1992 Country: United States Mass:  12.7 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12021 approved meteorites (plus 23 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 84:
O'Donnell Dawson County , Texas, USA Found 1992 spring Ordinary chondrite (H5) A 12.7 kg stone was found by a farmer who was plowing a cotton field. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa18.6; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W2. Specimens: main mass, Cott; type specimen, 235.5 g, UCLA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) Cott: Michael Cottingham Meteorite Collection, P.O. Box 727, Silver City, NM 88062, 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 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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