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Re: Oxford



Brad Sampson schrieb:

> Does anyone know where the main mass of the Oxford,Nebraska meteorite
> is
> stored?, or at least some info. on where most of the material ended
> up.


Oxford (H5)
Furnas County, Nebraska
U.S.A.
40° 10’ N / 99° 40’ W (+/-5')
Find, 1985 September
6 kg; Specimens: main mass, Farrell; type specimen, AMNH.

A 6 kg stone was found by K. Johnson while plowing. Classification and
mineralogy (M. Prinz, AMNH): olivine, Fo81; pyroxene
Wo0.7-1.6En81.5-82.7.
Specimens: main mass, Farrell; type specimen, AMNH (Met.Bull. 81, 1997,
A162).


Best wishes,

Bernd


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