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| Basic information | Name: King Solomon This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1952 Country: Australia Mass:  488 g | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Revised 31 Oct 2013: Mass noted in Houston (1971) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 54:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE KING SOLOMON, AUSTRALIA, IRON METEORITE Name: KING SOLOMON Place of find: About 100 yards from the King Solomon mine, northwest of Mary Kathleen, Queensland, Australia. 20°41'58"S, 139°48'15"E. Date of find: March, 1952 Class and type: Iron. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: Not recorded. Circumstances of find: Found by Mr. A.R. Watson. Source: Beverley R. Houston. 1971. Two meteorites from northwest Queensland. Queensland Government Mining Journal 72,482-486. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 54, Meteoritics 11, 69-93 (1976)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Queensland, Australia (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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