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Bennett County
Basic information Name: Bennett County
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1934
Country: United States
Mass:help 89 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 22  (1961)  Iron
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  IIAB
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IIA
Recommended:  Iron, IIAB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB.   [show all]
Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites
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Writeup from MB 22:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy.

BENNETT COUNTY, South Dakota, USA.

Reads: Coarse octahedrite. Should read: Hexahedrite.

Source: Report sent by Dr. E. P. Henderson (Washington, USA) in a letter to E. L. Krinov, August 22, 1961.

Buchwald The following entries were found for Bennett County 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. 22, Moscow (1961)
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Don Edwards   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (43° 30'N, 101° 15'W)
     Recommended::   (43° 30'N, 101° 15'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites from South Dakota, United States
     This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: Norris (In NHM Cat)

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