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| Basic information | Name: Smyer This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1968 Country: United States Mass:  3.27 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6579 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 57:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE SMYER, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: SMYER Place of find: 4 km NE. of Smyer, Hockley County, Texas, USA. 33°35'N., 102°10'W. Date of find: June 1, 1968, approximately. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5-6). Olivine Fa19.7, orthopyroxene Fs16.5Wo1.0 Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 3273 g. Circumstances of find: Recovered from the surface of a cultivated field. The stone was covered by a weathered fusion crust when found. Source: Dr. E.A. King, Department of Geology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 57, Meteoritics 15, 93-104 (1980)
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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 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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