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| Basic information | Name: Seminole (g) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1999 Country: United States Mass:  640 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10279 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 8 Mar 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Seminole (g) 32°43’N, 102°39’W Texas, USA Found: 1999 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Found in Gaines County, Texas, in 1999 by a rancher, and sent to the late M. Prinz (AMNH), who provided it to Russ Kempton (NEMS), who in turn donated it to Don Edwards in September 2000. Physical characteristics: A single dense, dark stone (640.4 g) with brown, weathered exterior surfaces. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Sparse chondrules (mostly BO). Mineralogy is olivine, orthopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, merrillite, kamacite and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.6-19.3, Fe/Mn=42.9); orthopyroxene (Fs16.7-16.8Wo0.9, Fe/Mn=26.6). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, S2-3, W2). This specimen may be paired with other H chondrite stones named Seminole found in Gaines County. Specimens: A 28.2 g polished slice is on deposit at UWS. The main mass is held by D. Edwards. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1892: |
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| Institutions and collections |
AMNH: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, United States (institutional address; updated 18 May 2013) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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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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