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| Basic information | Name: Saginaw This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 Country: United States Mass:  44.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 102 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as Iron. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
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 SAGINAW, USA, IRON METEORITE Name: SAGINAW Place of find: Near Saginaw, Tarrant County, Texas, USA. 32°51'57"N., 97°19'23"W. Date of find: July 18, 1979 Class and type: Iron. Octahedrite, fine to medium Number of individual specimens 1 Total weight: 44.5 kg Circumstances of find: Found embedded in the ground by a survey party. Possibly fell in 1964 when a fireball was tracked by radar and a sonic boom was heard. Found one mile from the area searched by O.E. Monnig in 1964. Source: J.O. Williams, Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, Texas, 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 314 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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