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| Basic information | Name: Summerfield This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 Country: United States Mass:  6.2 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 7130 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 60:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE SUMMERFIELD, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: SUMMERFIELD Synonym: Easter Place of find: Equidistant between Hereford and Summerfield, Castro County, Texas, USA. 34°46'N., 102°25'W. Date of find: Recognized 1979 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Olivine Fa24.4, o-pyroxene Fs21.2. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 6.2 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported. Source: B. D. Dod, E. Olsen, D. Eatough and P. Sipiera, 1981. Umbarger and Summerfield: two new chondrites from Texas. Meteoritics 16, 307, abs. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 60, Meteoritics 17, 93-97 (1982)
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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 1865 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Easter (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||