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Meteorite Name: Lakewood
Location: New Mexico
Classification: L6 Ordinary Chondrite
Witnessed Fall: No
Date and Time: Found 1955
TKW: 46.5 kilograms
Remarks:
One badly weathered specimen was struck by the blade of a bulldozer at a depth of about 0.8 meter when the land was being leveled to make irrigation possible. The specimen was broken into many pieces by the bulldozer blade. The pieces rested for eleven years by the field gate before it was recognized as a meteorite in 1966. It is possible that as much as 20 kilograms in fragments were carried away during this time by people visiting the farm, so the original specimen may have weighed as much as 65 kilograms.
   
Collection Photos
 
57.5 gram fragment with polished window
57.5 gram fragment with polished window
 
Huss Collection # H53.148
Huss Collection # H53.148
 
AML label
AML label
 

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