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| Basic information | Name: Kalvesta This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1968 Country: United States Mass:  10 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6415 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 47:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF KALVESTA STONY METEORITE, USA Name: KALVESTA. The place of fall or discovery: Kalvesta, Kansas, USA; approximately (φ = 38°05' N, λ = 100°15' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1968. Class and type: STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: Unknown, 127.5 gr. slab in Fort Hays College Museum. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: Specimen was removed from concrete slab porch by Wayne Wheeler. Had been embedded years before as a decoration. The meteorite was brought to the Department of Geology, Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays. Source: The same. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 47, Moscow (1969) reprinted Meteoritics 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (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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