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| Basic information | Name: Waverly This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1983 Country: United States Mass:  4.4 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-an. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE WAVERLY, USA, IRON METEORITE Name: WAVERLY Place of find: 3.5 miles S4°E. of Waverly, Chambers County, Alabama, USA. The find site is across the county border in Lee County, SE. of the confluence of the Loblockee and Little Loblockee Creeks and N. of the county road. 32°41'N., 85°34'10"W. Date of find: June 5, 1983 Class and type: Iron. Octahedrite, finest. 8.6% Ni. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 4.4 kg Circumstances of find: Found in a field during stone clearing. The specimen is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. Source: R.S. Clarke, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites from Alabama, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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