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| Basic information | Name: Willowbar 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:  2.07 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12058 approved meteorites (plus 6 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 52:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. THE DISCOVERY OF THE WILLOWBAR, OKLAHOMA, STONY METEORITE Name: WILLOWBAR Place of find: Southeast of Keyes and about equidistant from Keyes and Willowbar, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. 36°44'N, 102°12'W. Date of find: December, 1971. Class and type: Stone. Shock-brecciated olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 2.07 kg Circumstances of find: The meteorite was found by Kendall Rhoton in an area of farmland with very few rocks and some caliche. The name Willowbar was selected because Keyes had been used previously. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 52, Meteoritics 9, 101-121 (1974)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 40 approved meteorites from Oklahoma, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1885 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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