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| Basic information | Name: South Plains 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:  4.76 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 8641 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L 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 SOUTH PLAINS, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: SOUTH PLAINS Place of find: 6 miles NE. of South Plains, Floyd County, Texas, USA. 34° 16'N., 101° 15'W. Date of find: 1971, approximately. Class and type: Stone. Chondrite (L5?). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 4763 g. Circumstances of find: Caught in farming equipment during field preparation. 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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