Name: Franconia
Location: Mojave County
Arizona
Type: Ordinary Chondrite, H5
On October 31, 2002, a meteorite hunter recognized that the dry ground
of the area was good for hunting meteorites.Э He quickly found the
first specimen of this stone.Э Microscopic studies have revealed that
this meteorite contains grains of native copper.Э A total of about 100
plus kilograms was recovered.
This meteorite was published in the Meteoritical Society Bulletin No. 88
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