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| Basic information | Name: Sweetwater This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1961 Country: United States Mass:  1760 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10297 approved meteorites (plus 18 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 36:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF SWEETWATER STONY METEORITE, USA Name: SWEETWATER. The place of fall or discovery: The B. W. Neeper Farm, Fisher County, Texas, USA; φ = 32°33' N, λ = 100°25' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the autumn of 1961; identified as a meteorite by E. A. Kind in November 1963. Class and type: STONY; olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 1.76 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found during plowing; main mass now in the collection of the US National Museum (Washington, USA). Source: Report of Dr. E. A. King (Washington, USA) in a letter, April 25, 1966. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 36, Moscow (1966) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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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 1878 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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