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| Basic information | Name: Withrow This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1950 Country: United States Mass:  8.73 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB?. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 40:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. WITHROW, 1.6 km west of Withrow, Washington, USA; φ = 47°42.4'N, λ =119°49.8'W. FOUND, about 1950. IRON, medium octahedrite showing recrystallization of the type ascribed to cosmic reheating. Ablational surface detail well preserved. 1 specimen, weight 8.7 kg. Found lying on the surface of the ground by W. C. Nollmeyer. Now owned by the Waterville Museum, Waterville, Washington, USA. Source: report of Prof. W. F. Read (Appleton, USA) in a letter 111.30 1967. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Withrow 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. 40, Moscow (1967) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Washington, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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