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| Basic information | Name: Bluff (a) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1878 Country: United States Mass:  153.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8974 approved meteorites (plus 5 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 78:
Bluff (a) and (b) Fayette County, Texas, USA Found 1878 to 1917 Ordinary chondrites A study of meteorites from Fayette County, Texas (McCoy et al., 1995b), showed that the three Bluff stones listed in Graham et al. (1985) represent two distinct falls. Details are listed in Table 1. Classification and analysis by Timothy J. McCoy and Klaus Keil, University of Hawaii, Planetary Geosciences Division, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA, and Arthur J. Ehlmann, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB78 Table 1 Line 1: |
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| Institutions and collections |
FMNH: NW Quadrant/Geology
The Field Museum of Natural History
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 22 May 2024) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Bluff (From MetBase) Fayette County (In NHM Cat) La Grange (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||