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More Indepth notes on Metals
Source: Bibliography

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Photographs Courtesy :Calvin J Hamilton

Non-Commercial Reseach Identification

Non-Commercial Research Identification

Meteorite, Chondrite

Name: Olivenza - Stone, Chondrite ( Ordinary, LL) Meteorite
Location: Badajoz, Spain
Date: 2007
Caption: This meteorite fell in 1924. Notice the depreessions on this sample. These are called regmaglypts and are most likely paralled to the air flow direction during the flight of the meteorite.

Name: Coby - Stone, Chondrite (Ordinary, L) Meteorite
Location: Clark County, Wisconsin
Date: 2007
Caption: This meteorite fell in 1917. It contains small flecks of metal.

Name: Peekhill - Stone, Chondrite (Ordinary, H) Meteorite
Location: Westchester County, New York
Date: 2007
Caption: This meteorite is famous for the fact that when it fell on October 9, 1992 it destroyed the trunk of a car in Westchester County, New York.

Name: Lost City Stone, Chondrite (H) Meteorite
Location: Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Date: 2007
Caption: This meteorite was collected from Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It fell in 1970. This meteorite is subclassed as H Group or an olivine-bronzite chondrite.

Name: Mezo-Madaras Stone, Chondrite (L) Meteorite
Location: Harghita, Romania
Date: 2007
Caption: This meteorite was collected from Harghita, Romania. It fell in 1852. This meteorite is subclassed as L Group or an olivine-hypersthene chondrite.