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| Basic information | Name: Hardesty This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1986 Country: United States Mass:  8.58 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 68:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Hardesty Texas County, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Found 1986 Iron. Octahedrite, medium (IIIAB). A single mass weighing 8.58 kg was found while clearing rocks from a field, J. R. Martin, P. O. Box 1923, Stillwater, Oklahoma, pers. comm., 1989. Classification, analysis, 9.3% Ni, 16 ppm Ga, 0.087 ppm Ir, J. T. Wasson, University of California, Los Angeles, pers. comm., 1989. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 68, Meteoritics 25, 59-70 (1990)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 42 approved meteorites from Oklahoma, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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