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THE CANYONLANDS METEORITE
Author(s) -
Lange David E.,
Frost Kent,
Sipiera Paul P.,
Moore Carleton B.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1974.tb01195.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , chondrite , geology , astrobiology , geochemistry , mineralogy , physics
The Canyonlands meteorite weighing 1,520 grams was found near the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers, Utah, near lat 38°11′N.; long 109°53′W. It is a shocked, brecciated H6 chondrite containing large black veins which do not differ in composition from the main chondritic mass. A black fusion crust remains on part of the meteorite.