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| Basic information | Name: Manitouwabing This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1962 Country: Canada Mass:  39 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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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 26:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF MANITOUWABING IRON METEORITE, CANADA Name: MANITOUWABING. The place of fall or discovery: South of Manitouwabing Lake, Ontario, Canada, φ = 45° 26'24" N, λ = 79° 52'32" W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, early in November, 1962; the meteorite fell not earlier than the summer of 1949. Class and type: IRON, octahedrite coarse. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: Over 39 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by Mr. Ph. Johnson and identified by Dr. K. R. Dawson of the Geological Survey of Canada. Source: Report of Dr. Peter M. Millman 11, 20, 1963 and Dr. S. C. Robinson 111, 7, 1963 (Ottawa, Canada). | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Manitouwabing 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. 26, Moscow (1963)
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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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