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| Basic information | Name: Toulon This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1962 Country: United States Mass:  1215 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6208 approved meteorites (plus 10 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7), H chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 52:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE TOULON, ILLINOIS, STONY METEORITE Name: TOULON Place of find: 7.6 km northeast of Toulon, Stark County, Illinois. 41°7'N, 89°48'30"W. Date of find: 1962 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). Number of individual specimens: 5 fragments that fit together to make an individual. Total weight: 1214 g Circumstances of find: It was found in a cultivated field on the farm of Mr. Willard Heaton. In 1964 the specimen was sent to the American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, where it was identified as a meteorite. Source: Edward Olsen and Glenn I Huss. 1974. The Toulon meteorite: A new chondrite from Illinois. Meteoritics, in press. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 52, Meteoritics 9, 101-121 (1974)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Illinois, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1535 approved meteorites from United States (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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