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View Hill
Basic information Name: View Hill
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1952
Country: New Zealand
Mass:help 33.6 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  IIIAB
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IIIB
Recommended:  Iron, IIIAB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB.   [show all]
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Buchwald The following entries were found for View Hill in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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Geography:

New Zealand
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (43° 19' 12"S, 172° 3' 48"E)
     Recommended::   (43° 19' 12"S, 172° 3' 48"E)

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     This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Canterbury, New Zealand
     This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from New Zealand
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