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| Basic information | Name: De Kalb This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1969 Country: United States Mass:  566 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 51:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE DE KALB, MISSOURI, STONY METEORITE Name: DE KALB Place of find: De Kalb, Buchanan County, Missouri. 39° 35'30"N, 94° 55' 19"W. Date of find: Some months previous to May, 1969. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 566 g Circumstances of find: The meteorite was found among loose rocks picked off of a field after plowing. Source: William F. Read (1971). A new olivine-bronzite chondrite from De Kalb, Missouri. Meteoritics 6, 105-108. Editor's note: The paper gives the latitude incorrectly as 30° 35' 30"N. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 51, Meteoritics 7, 215-232 (1972)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites from Missouri, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1878 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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