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| Basic information | Name: Fluvanna (b) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1976 Country: United States Mass:  4.11 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6379 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H 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. DISCOVERY OF THE FLUVANNA (b), USA, STONY METEORITE Name: FLUVANNA (b) Place of find: Scurry County, Texas, USA. 32°54'12"N., 101°9'46"W. Date of find: 1976 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H6). Olivine Fa20.5. Number of individual specimens: Many fragments Total weight: 4.11 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported. Source: G.I Huss, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA. Note: The olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5) that has previously been reported as Fluvanna, (Meteor. Bull., 1983, no. 61) should now be known as Fluvanna (a). | ||||||||||||||||
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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 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1886 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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