Location: Hope Creek, Fairbanks Northstar Borough, Alaska, USA, 65º23'N 146º16'W
Found: Summer 1998
Type: Ordinary chondrite (LL6)
Description: A 9.83 kg stone was found with a metal detector by Chris Shaw while he was prospecting for gold in a creek. Classification and mineralogy (M. McGehee, G. Huss, ASU): breccia; olivine, Fa29; pyroxene, Fs20.7; shock stage, S3 (light-colored clasts), S4 (dark-colored host); weathering grade, W2. Specimens: main mass, 5.74 kg, with finder; ~2 kg, A. Shaw; ~2 kg, O. Shaw; 46.2 g, AMNH; 41.8 g, UCLA; 32.6 g, ASU.(From the Meteoritical Bulletin No. 84, 2000)
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| # HCR19-1 | # HCR20-5 | # HCR75-1 | # HCR172-9 | ABOUT SCALE Each photo has a small cube one centimeter on a side. The photo above gives you an idea how big it is. The ruler is in inches at the top. The coin is a US dime. If you are interested in a specimen, I will be happy to send you the dimensions or a photo with different scale. |
| Weight: 19.1 gm | Weight: 20.5 gm | Weight: 75.1 gm | Weight: 172.9 gm | |
| Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: End | |
| Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | $1700 |
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