Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Kirkland

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An article by M. W. Rowe, M. A. Van Dilla, E. C. Anderson: «On the Radioactivity of Iron Meteorites». J. Geophys. Res. 67, 9, 3594, 1962, reports about a new iron meteorite, Seattle, Washington, USA, which consists of two specimens with a total weight of 232 g that, fell on January 17, 1955.

NEW KIRKLAND IRON METEORITE, USA

Name: KIRKLAND. (See: Seattle, M. B., No. 25,1962).

The place of fall or discovery: Approximately two miles northeast of Kirkland, Washington, USA: φ = 42°41'35"N; λ = 122°10'13" W.

Date of fall or discovery:. FALL, January 17, 1955, approximately 11^ha.

Class and type: IRON.

Number of individual specimens: 2

Total weight: 232.4 gr (119.2 and 113.2 gr).

Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite fell on a cloudy winter day typical of the seaboard. Mr. Hawthorne, owner of an amateur astronomical observatory was puttering about when he heard a sudden loud report like «dynamite exploding». The meteorite pierced the observatory dome at azimuth N 12.5° E at angle of 27° to the horizontal. Mr. Hawthorne found the two meteorite fragments inside the observatory. Cloudiness prevented observation of the bolide.

Source: An Article: W. F. Read (Appleton, USA), «Kirkland - A Questioned Fall», «Meteoritics», the Journal of the Meteoritical Society, v. 2, No 1, May, 1963, 56-64.

A letter from Dr. E. P. Henderson (Washington, USA) of December 18, 1963 reports that both specimens of Kirkland meteorite (see Meteoritical Bulletin, No 28, October, 1963) are Canyon Diablo individuals, but they are not pieces of the new Kirkland meteorite.