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| Basic information | Name: Maryville This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1983 Country: United States Mass:  1443 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12583 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 62:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE MARYVILLE, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: MARYVILLE Place of fall: Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, USA. 35°48'N., 84°6'W. Date of fall: January 28, 1983, 0415 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa24.5, 21.82% total iron. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 1442 g Circumstances of fall: After a fireball and sonic booms, a single, crusted mass was recovered from an impact pit. Source: Smithsonian Institution SEAN Bull., 1983, 8, no 3; J. Shervais et al., Meteoritics, 1983, 18, abs. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 62, Meteoritics 19, 49-57 (1984)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Tennessee, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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