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Garden Head
Basic information Name: Garden Head
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1944
Country: Canada
Mass:help 1296 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 32  (1964)  Iron
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Iron-ung
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IAB-sHH
Recommended:  Iron, IAB-sHH    [explanation]

This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-sHH.   [show all]
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Writeup from MB 32:
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GARDEN HEAD, Saskatchewan; φ = 49°49' N, λ =  108°27.6' W. FOUND, early Autumn, 1944.

IRON, nickel-rich ataxite.

1 specimen, weight 1.296 kg.

The meteorite was in the possession of Mr. G. J. A. Reberger (Shaunavon, Canada); it is now held in the Canadian National Meteorite Collection.

Source: Report of Dr. K. R. Dawson (Canada) and Dr. B. A. McIntosh (Ottawa, Canada)in a letter X.1 1964.

Buchwald The following entries were found for Garden Head in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 32, Moscow (1964)
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Geography:

Canada
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (49° 49' 0"N, 108° 27' 36"W)
     Recommended::   (49° 49' 0"N, 108° 27' 36"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Saskatchewan, Canada (plus 6 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 67 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters)
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