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Apex meteorite (L6)

Apex was found in 1938 by Robert Akerley at the mouth of Apex Gulch, north of Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. Mr. Akerley found it while investigating an ancient Native American camp site. Apex is an L6 olivine-hypersthene chondrite and weighs approximately 6.1 kg. The Meteoritical Bulletin says that the meteorite resides in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

For more details about this, go to its Meteoritical Bulletin page: Apex

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