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Turtle River

Basic information

Name: Turtle River
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1953
Country: United States
Mass: 22.39 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 49	(1970)	Iron
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IIIAB
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IIIB
Recommended:			Iron, IIIAB [explanation]

This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all]
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Writeup

Writeup from MB 49:
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TURTLE RIVER, Beltrami County, Minnesota; φ= 47°36' N, λ = 94'46' W.

FOUND, 1953-1958, recognized 1968.

IRON, medium octahedrite shows granulation of kamacite from pre-terrestrial heating.

Number of individual specimens: 1.

Total weight: 22.39 kg.

Circumstances of fall or discovery: Plowed up in field.

Buchwald

The following entries were found for Turtle River in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]

Entry for Turtle River, volume 3, page 1245

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 49, Moscow (1970) reprinted Meteoritics 6, 111-124 (1970)

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Photos:

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Jay Piatek

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(47° 36'N, 94° 46'W)
Recommended::	(47° 36'N, 94° 46'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Minnesota, United States
This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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