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| Basic information | Name: Thule This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1955 Country: Greenland Mass:  48.6 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 23:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. THULE . Near air base at Thule in Folstenkolmfiord, North Greenland; (φ = 76° 32' N, λ = 67°33'W. FOUND, summer 1955. IRON, medium structure octahedrite. 1 specimen, weight 48.6 kg. Reference: Vagn Buchwald. The Iron Meteorite «Thule», North Greenland published in Geoch. et Cosmoch. Acta, 1961, v. 25, pp. 95-98. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Thule 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. 23, Moscow (1962)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Nordgronland, Greenland This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Greenland (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||||||
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