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| Basic information | Name: Correo This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 Country: United States Mass:  1400 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6557 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 58:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE CORREO, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: CORREO Place of find: Valencia County, New Mexico, USA. 34°57'N., 107°10'W. Date of find: Between July 7 and August 15, 1979. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Olivine Fa16.6 orthopyroxene Fs16.5; plagioclase An11.5Or4.3. Number of individual specimens: About 35. Total weight: 700 g, approximately. Circumstances of find: Found about 40 km west of Albuquerque by Mr. G. Nelson, in a region where wind had stripped away the soil. Named after the neighboring village of Correo. The Suwanee Spring chondrite (L5) was found in the same area. Source: A.E. Rubin et al., 1980. The Correo and Suwanee Spring meteorites: two new ordinary chondrite finds. Submitted to Meteoritics. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 58, Meteoritics 15, 235-240 (1980)
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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 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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