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Basic information | Name: Squaw Creek This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: unknown Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 145 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 62:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE SQUAW CREEK, USA, IRON METEORITE Name: SQUAW CREEK Place of find: Squaw Creek Lake, Somervell County, Texas, USA. 32°N., 98°W., approximately. Date of find: 1980 Class and type: Iron. Anomalous (IIA). 5.4% Ni, 59 ppm Ga, 182 ppm Ge and 9.7 ppm Ir. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 14.5 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported Source: G.I. Huss, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA; J.T. Wasson, Institute of Geophysics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 62, Meteoritics 19, 49-57 (1984)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1886 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Glen Rose (b) (From MetBase) |