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| Basic information | Name: Burns Flat This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1971 Country: United States Mass:  1987 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12401 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 75:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Burns Flat Washita County, Oklahoma, USA Found before 1971 Ordinary chondrite (L6) A stone of 1987 g was found. Classification and analysis, olivine Fa24.6, A. L. Graham, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, U. K. Main mass and information, Terry E. Schmidt, Tiara Observatory, P. O. Box 1059, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from Oklahoma, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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