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| Basic information | Name: Belmont This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1958 Country: United States Mass:  25.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 26:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. NEW BELMONT STONY METEORITE, USA Name: BELMONT. The place of fall or discovery: Belmont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, in the spring of 1958. Class and type: STONY, chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 25.3 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was plowed on. Source: An article: W. A. Broughton and Lincoln La Paz. The Belmont Meteorite Investigations. Published Quarterly Wisconsin Academy Review, Fall, 1962, 155-157. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 26, Moscow (1963)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Wisconsin, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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