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| Basic information | Name: Felsted This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1977 Country: Denmark Mass:  13.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 71:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Felsted Sonderjulland, Denmark Found about 1977, recognized 1989 Iron. Medium octahedrite (IIIAB) An iron of 13.5 kg was ploughed up by farmer Peter Jessen Juhler in a field about 2.3 km east of Sonder Hostrup and 1.85 km NNW of Felsted Church. Analysis, 8.4% Ni, 0.25% P, kamacite bandwith 1.10 ± 0.1 mm, and classification, Vagn F. Buchwald, Department of Metallurgy, Danmarks Tekniske Hoejskole, Lyngby, Denmark (Meteoritics 25, 1990, 351). Additional classification and analysis, 8.7% Ni, 22 ppm Ga, 5.9 ppm Ir, John T. Wasson, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. The main mass is at the Geological Museum, Copenhagen. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Region Syddanmark, Denmark This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Denmark (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||||||
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