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| Basic information | Name: Palmersville This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1908 Country: United States Mass:  9.98 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11254 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 86:
Palmersville Weakley County, Tennessee, USA Found 1908 summer Ordinary chondrite (H5) A single 9.979 kg stone was found by John T. Fagan in 1908 on his tobacco patch near Palmersville. The crop had been cultivated the previous day with a mule and harrow, and the meteorite was not believed to be there then. It was given to Mr. Fagan's grandson, Dr. Hugh Berryman around 1967. Classification (A. Rubin, UCLA): Ordinary chondrite, Fa18.3±0.1, S3; W3. Specimens: type specimen, 40.82 g, UCLA; main mass, Hugh Berryman. | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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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 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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