Adams County ( Adams County Russian ) - meteorite - chondrite weighing 5700 grams.
| Adams County | |
|---|---|
| Find or fall | Find |
| A country |  USA |
| A place | Colorado |
| Latitude | 39 ° 58 'N |
| Longitude | 103 ° 46 'W |
| Date of discovery | 1928 |
| Mass, g | 5700 |
| Number of copies | one |
| Type of | H5 |
| Storage | Meteorite collection of RAS |
| Comment | 1 copy weighing 5.7 kg. |
Most of the remnants of the meteorite are currently stored in the Colorado School of Mining. In 1967, H5 by Van Schmus and Wood was classified using petrographic analysis .
The greatest interest was caused by stone fragments, indicating a new type of meteorites.
Links
- Information from the meteorite collection of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Information from the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
- Information from the World Meteorite Catalog database
- Fodor RV, Keil K., Prinz M., Ma. M.-S., Murali AV, Schmitt RA; Clast-laden Melt-rock fragment in ADAMS County, Colorado, H5 chondrite // Meteoritics, 1980, Vol. 15, p. 41-62