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| Basic information | Name: Colton This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1993 Country: United States Mass:  19.67 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 311 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 77:
Colton Whitman Co., Washington, USA Found 1993 May 23 Iron (Medium octahedrite, IIIAB, 1 mm kamacite bandwidth) A weathered iron mass of 19.67 kg was found by David Bauer as he walked across his field. The find site is 2 km ENE of Colton, a small town about halfway between Pullman and Clarkston, Washington. Composition: 8.4% Ni, 20.5 ppm Ga, 0.63 ppm Ir, 0.98 ppm Au; John T. Wasson, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024-1567, USA. Classification, information and main mass: Roy S. Clarke, Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Washington, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 1835 approved meteorites from United States (plus 358 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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