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| Basic information | Name: Odessa (iron) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1922 Country: United States Mass:  1.6 t | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 37:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. ECTOR COUNTY no. 3, Ector County, Texas, USA; φ = 32° N, λ = 102 ½ ° W. FOUND, 1939. IRON, octahedrite. 14.5 gr. in Inst. Meteor., Univ. New Mexico, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Odessa (iron) 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. 37, Moscow (1966)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1935 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Ector County (In NHM Cat) Ector County No. 3 (In NHM Cat) Honey Creek (In NHM Cat) McCamey (In NHM Cat) Penwell (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||