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| Basic information | Name: Waltman This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1948 Country: United States Mass:  23.41 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 66:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Waltman Natrona County, Wyoming, USA Found about 1948 Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L4). A single 23.41 kg mass was found on the surface by C. A. Springsteen near Waltman, Wyoming, USA. (Jerry Nelson, Dept. of Geology, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming 82601, USA; T. E. Schmidt, Tiara Observatory, P. O. Box 1059, Colorado Springs, CO 80901, USA) | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Wyoming, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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