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| Basic information | Name: Kalkaska This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1947 Country: United States Mass:  9.4 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 34:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. KALKASKA, Michigan, USA; φ = 44°38'49" N, λ = 85°08'12" W. FOUND, in the latter part of summer in 1947 or 1948. IRON, medium octahedrite. One individual, weight 9386 gr. The meteorite was discovered by A. R. Sieting. (See the paper: Von Del Chamberlain. «The Kalkaska, Michigan, Siderite». Meteoritics, Vol. 2, No. 4, June, 361-364, 1965). | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Kalkaska 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. 34, Moscow (1965)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites from Michigan, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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