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| Basic information | Name: Faucett This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1966 Country: United States Mass:  100 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12023 approved meteorites (plus 23 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 37:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF FAUCETT STONY METEORITE, USA Name: FAUCETT. The place of fall or discovery: Faucett, Missouri, USA; φ = 39°37' N, λ = 94°52' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, April 1966. Class and type: STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 2. Total weight: 21.75 kg. (16.3 kg. and 5.45 kg.). Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The samples were found by C. R. and C. C. Spencer during plowing of fields. The meteorites were brought to the Department of Geology, Kansas State University. Source: Report of Associate Professor D. C. Brookins (Manhattan, Kansas, USA) in a letter, V 23 1966. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 37, Moscow (1966)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites from Missouri, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fawcett (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||