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| Basic information | Name: Study Butte This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1983 Country: United States Mass:  417 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 77 approved meteorites classified as H3-6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE STUDY BUTTE, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: STUDY BUTTE Place of find: About 2.2 km SSE. of Study Butte, Brewster County, Texas, USA 29°18'6'N., 104°30'0"W. Date of find: September 30, 1993 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H3). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 417 g Circumstances of find: Found just N. of the boundary of Big Bend National Park. The specimen is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. Source: R.S. Clarke, Jr., Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA; K. Fredriksson et al., Meteoritics, 1984, 19, abs. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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