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| Basic information | Name: Kossuth This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1975 Country: United States Mass:  5.9 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Kossuth Auglaize County, Ohio, USA Found 1975 Iron, fine octahedrite (IVA) A 5.9 kg iron meteorite was found by a farmer in a field. Classification and description (J. Wasson, UCLA): bulk metal Co = 0.41 wt%, Ni = 9.27 wt%, Cu = 122 ppm, Ga = 2.56 ppm, As = 12.2 ppm, Ir = 0.87 ppm, Au = 2.25 ppm. Specimens: 241 g, Cilz; 279 g, Schwade; 741 g, NHMV; 64 g, UCLA. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
NHMV: Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria, Austria; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Jan 2019) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) Cilz: Marlin Cilz, Montana Meteorite Lab, Box 1063, Malta, MT 59538, United States; Website (private address) Schwade: James Schwade, 969 South Chicago St., Kankakee, IL 60901, United States (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites from Ohio, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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