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| Basic information | Name: Walcott 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:  2 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10280 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 64:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE WALCOTT, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: WALCOTT Place of find: A few hundred yards east of state highway 349, Martin County, Texas, USA. 32°24'N., 102°6'W., approximately Date of find: November, 1983 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 2 kg, approximately Circumstances of find: Found during a search for dart points and arrowheads. Main mass in private hands. Source: Dr. E.A. King, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 64, Meteoritics 21, 309-313 (1986)
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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 1871 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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