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Chico
Basic information Name: Chico
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1954
Country: United States
Mass:help 104.8 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 8  (1958)  Stone
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 8:
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CHICO, New Mexico, U. S. A. Stone.

Literature: 1. Meteoritics, 1954, v.1, No. 2, pp. 182-184.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 8, Moscow (1958)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (36° 30'N, 104° 12'W)
     Recommended::   (36° 30'N, 104° 12'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (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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