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| Basic information | Name: Muonionalusta This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1906 Country: Sweden Mass:  230 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: IVA irons, Metal-rich meteorites, and Iron meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 20:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. MUONIONALUSTA II, Kitkiojöki, Norrbotten; 67°46'N, 23°15'E. FOUND, August 15, 1946. IRON, octahedrite of fine structure. 1 specimen, weight about 15 kg. The meteorite was discovered during the earthwork at a building site about 8 km to the east-southeast of the place where the Muonionalusta I iron meteorite was found in 1906. Writeup from MB 20: Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. MUONIONALUSTA I reads: 67°54'N; 20°18'E should read: 67°48'N; 23°6'8. Source: List of meteorites and corrections made by K. Fredriksson (Stockholm) and received by E.L.Krinov in December 1960. Writeup from MB 28: Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF MUONIONALUSTA III IRON METEORITE, SWEDEN Name: MUONIONALUSTA III. The place of fall or discovery: About 3.5 km ENE of the village of Kitkiojoki, Sweden; φ = 67°47'N; λ = 23°21'E. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, June 7, 1963. Class and type: IRON; octahedrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 6.20 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by Mr. Carl Henriksson in excavated material used for the construction of a causeway. The meteorite is now in the possession of the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Stockholm, Sweden). Source: Report of Dr. F. E. Wickman (Stockholm, Sweden) in a letter, IX.20.1963. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 20, Moscow (1961) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 28, Moscow (1963)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Norrbottens, Sweden This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Sweden (plus 70 unapproved names) (plus 6 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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