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| Basic information | Name: Kinsella This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1946 Country: Canada Mass:  3.72 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE KINSELLA, CANADA, IRON METEORITE Name: KINSELLA Place of find: Midway between Minburn and Kinsella, Alberta, Canada, 400 m S. of Echo Lake. 53°12'N., 111°26'W. Date of find: 1946 May. Class and type: Iron. Medium octahedrite (IIIB). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 3.72 kg Circumstances of find: Found 20-30 cm below surface during deep ploughing by Mr. O. Hallor. Source: E.R.D. Scott, J.T. Wasson and R.W. Bild, 1977. Four new iron meteorite finds. Meteoritics 12, 425-435. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites from Alberta, Canada (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 66 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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