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| Basic information | Name: Kitchener This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1998 Country: Canada Mass:  203 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12492 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Kitchener Ontario , Canada Fell 1998 July 12, 08:30 (edt ) Ordinary chondrite (L6) An approximately spherical meteorite weighing 202.6 g was heard to fall by a golfer at the sixth tee of the Doon Valley golf course in the city of Kitchener. The single, completely crusted stone was immediately recovered. Classification and mineralogy (G. Wilson, UTor): olivine, Fa25.8; pyroxene, Fs21.4; shock stage, S2; kamacite contains 0.95 wt% Co; fusion crust averages 0.4 mm thick. Main mass, GSC. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
GSC: National Meteorite Collection, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8, Canada (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011) UTor: IsoTrace Laboratory, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Ontario, Canada (plus 5 impact craters) This is 1 of 66 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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