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| Basic information | Name: Jenkins This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1946 Country: United States Mass:  55.4 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 84 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Metal-rich meteorites, and Iron meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 38:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF JENKINS IRON METEORITE, USA Name: JENKINS. The place of fall or discovery: 8 km northwest of Jenkins, Missouri, USA; φ = 36°49'28" N; λ = 93°45'40" W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, about 1946; identified 1965. Class and type: IRON, coarse octahedrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 55.4 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Found lying on top of the ground by Earl Patton; to be deposited in the US National Museum (Washington, USA). Source: Report of Prof. W. F. Read (Appleton, USA) in a letter, X. 18, 1966. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 38, Moscow (1966) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 23 approved meteorites from Missouri, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1677 approved meteorites from United States (plus 224 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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