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| Basic information | Name: Bagdad This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1959 Country: United States Mass:  2.2 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Revised 31 Oct 2012: Revised coordinates and date | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 25:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF BAGDAD IRON METEORITE, USA Name: BAGDAD. The place of fall or discovery: Along Burro Creek about 20 km West Bagdad, Arizona, USA; φ = 34°32' N; λ = 113°25' W. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the spring of 1961. Class and type: IRON, octahedrite medium. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 2.20 kg; semi-spherical, 10 cm diameter. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: This meteorite was found on the surface of the desert during a mineral collecting expedition. The meteorite is in the Nininger Meteorite Collection at Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona, USA). Source: Report of Dr. Carleton B. Moore (Tempe, USA) to E. L. Krinov in a letter, VIII, 9, 1962. Writeup from MB 101: Bagdad Mohave County, Arizona, United States Found: 1959 Classification: Iron meteorite (IIIAB) New information received from William Stout, 3 Oct 2012. Don L. Stout and son William found a rusty mass on a jeep trail leading to small corral in the spring of 1959. The mass was found at 34°36.799’ N and 113°23.938’ W, about 0.3 miles south of Red Knob butte. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Bagdad 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. 25, Moscow (1962) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 178 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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