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| Basic information | Name: Jerslev This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1976 Country: Denmark Mass:  40 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 152 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Revised 17 Aug 2009: Coordinates refined by GPS: H. Haack, priv. comm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE JERSLEV, DENMARK, IRON METEORITE Name: JERSLEV Place of find: SW of the village of Jerslev, Sjaelland, Denmark, 20 m above sea level. 55°36'N., 11013'E. Date of find: September 1976, recognised April 1977. Class and type: Iron. Coarsest octahedrite (Ogg). Bandwidth 10 ± 5 mm, chemical group IIB. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 40 kg (after cleaning). Circumstances of find: Found in soil by a farmer, Niels Erik Knudsen, in March 1977. The soil had been excavated during the laying of a cable to a depth of 80 cm in September 1976. In May 1977 the iron was transferred to the Geological Museum, Copenhagen. Source: V.F. Buchwald, Dept. of Metallurgy, Techn. Univ., 2800 Lyngby, Denmark. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Region Sjaelland, Denmark This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Denmark (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||||||
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