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| Basic information | Name: Independence This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1917 Country: United States Mass:  880 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 7104 approved meteorites (plus 3 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7), L chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Independence Jackson County, Missouri, USA Fell 1917 or 1918, summer Ordinary chondrite (L6) Edward Keesling heard a hissing/buzzing sound, and then observed a dark object falling to the ground on the side of a dirt road. The 880 g stone was kept by him until his death. Mineralogy and classification (G. Holland, UMan): olivine, Fa24.5; pyroxene, Fs20.8 Wo1.3; shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W1. Specimens: 21.2 g, UArk; main mass, AShaw. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
AShaw: Allen Shaw, P.O. Box 13166, Edwardsville, KS 66113, USA (private address) UArk: Cosmochemistry Group, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA (institutional address) UMan: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M139PL, UK (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites from Missouri, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (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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