DISCOVERY OF THE KINLEY, SASKATCHEWAN, STONY METEORITE

Name: KINLEY

Place of find: Kinley, Saskatchewan, Canada.

52^°2.8'N, 107^°14'W.

Date of find: Recognized in 1968.

Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite.

Number of individual specimens: 1

Total weight: 2 kg

Circumstances of find: A heavily weathered meteorite was ploughed up either in the fall of 1965 or the spring of 1966 and placed on a stone pile. In 1968 it was identified and acquired by Mr. Glenn I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, Colorado. A 145 g sample was acquired by the Canadian National Meteorite Collection. Three years earlier the Catherwood, Saskatchewan, meteorite was found within a distance of several miles. Both are olivine-hypersthene chondrites, but there are definite differences between the two. Main mass in Denver, American Meteorite Laboratory.

Sources: Dr. Ian Halliday, Astrophysics Branch, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa 7, Ontario, Canada, K1A OR8. Dr. Michael R. Dence, Gravity Division, Earth Physics Branch, Department of Mines and Resources, Ottawa 7, Canada, KIA OE4. Professor L. C. Coleman and Wayne T. Fillo, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, S7N OWO.