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| Basic information | Name: Powellsville This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1990 Country: United States Mass:  4.31 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 83:
Powellsville Scioto County, Ohio, USA Found 1990 Ordinary chondrite (H5) A 4310 g stone was found ~40 cm underground by a man digging out a tree stump in his yard. Classification and mineralogy (M. Prinz, AMNH): olivine, Fa19; pyroxene, Fs17Wo0.5; weathering grade, W3. Specimens: main mass, AShaw; type specimen, 30.8 g, AMNH. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
AMNH: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, United States (institutional address; updated 18 May 2013) AShaw: Allen Shaw, P.O. Box 13166, Edwardsville, KS 66113, United States (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites from Ohio, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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