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| Basic information | Name: Norristown This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 Country: United States Mass:  4.2 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE NORRISTOWN, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: NORRISTOWN Place of find: 2.5 miles west of Norristown, Emanuel County, Georgia, USA. 32°31'N., 82°33'W. Date of find: 1965 or 1966 Class and type: Iron. Medium octahedrite (IIIB, 9.6% Ni). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 4.2 kg Circumstances of find: The meteorite was uncovered by a grader while doing road work near Norristown. The finder, Mr. Joe Underwood, sent it to the Smithsonian Institution for identification. The meteorite was purchased by Dr. E.P. Henderson and will be accessioned into the Smithsonian Collection. Source: Dr. E.P. Henderson, Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Norristown 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. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Georgia, United States This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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