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| Basic information | Name: Bellsbank This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1955 Country: South Africa Mass:  38 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIG. [show all] Search for other: IIG irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 21:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. NEW BELLSBANK IRON METEORITE, SOUTH AFRICA Name: BELLSBANK. The place of fall or discovery: Bellsbank, 43 km from Barkly - West, Union of South Africa. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1955. Class and type: IRON, hexahedrite. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 38 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was dug out of the ground. Source: Paper by M. I. Dyakonova on article: D. Groeneveld. A new iron meteorite from Bellsbank, Barkly - West District. Trans. and Proc. Geol. Soc. S. Africa, 1959, 62, 75-80. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Bellsbank in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 21, Moscow (1961)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from Northern Cape, South Africa (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 49 approved meteorites from South Africa (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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