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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: 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 319 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.]

Entry for View Hill, volume 3, page 1267

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Photos:

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Permission of Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image
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Corey Kuo

Geography:

New Zealand

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

Statistics:
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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