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The Fremont Butte, Washington Co., Colorado, Meteorite
Author(s) -
HUSS GLENN I.,
MOORE CARLETON B.,
BUSEK PETER R.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1966.tb00357.x
Subject(s) - butte , meteorite , geology , phenocryst , achondrite , olivine , chondrule , breccia , chondrite , geochemistry , astrobiology , geomorphology , physics , volcano , volcanic rock
The Fremont Butte meteorite was found near Fremont Butte, Colorado, in 1963. A single individual was found weighing 6.6 kg. It is an olivine‐hypersthene or L group chondrite showing brecciation and a small number of well formed chondrules and olivine phenocrysts.