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Mount Vernon
Basic information Name: Mount Vernon
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1868
Country: United States
Mass:help 159 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Pallasite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Pallasite-Main gr
Recommended:  Pallasite, PMG    [explanation]

This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite, PMG.   [show all]
Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Main group pallasites, and Pallasites
Comments: Revised 26 May 2009: Updated pallasite nomenclature; 2006-05-19: Changed from fall to find on advice of C. Smith, NHM. S
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Robert Zdancewicz   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (36° 56'N, 87° 24'W)
     Recommended::   (36° 56'N, 87° 24'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites from Kentucky, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1677 approved meteorites from United States (plus 224 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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