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Zenda
Basic information Name: Zenda
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1955
Country: United States
Mass:help 3.7 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 26  (1963)  Iron
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  IAB
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IAB
Recommended:  Iron, IAB complex    [explanation]

This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex.   [show all]
Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites
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Writeup from MB 26:
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An article by William F. Read. Wisconsin Meteorite Investigations. Published Quarterly Wisconsin Academy Review, Fall, 1962, 152-155, reports about a new iron meteorite, Calumet County, Wisconsin, USA and iron meteorite, Zenda, with a to­tal weight of 3.6 kg, that found about 1957 a quarter mile northwest of Zenda, Wisconsin, USA.

Buchwald The following entries were found for Zenda 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. 26, Moscow (1963)
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United States
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     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (42° 30' 48"N, 88° 29' 22"W)
     Recommended::   (42° 30' 48"N, 88° 29' 22"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Wisconsin, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 1924 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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