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| Basic information | Name: Klamath Falls This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1952 Country: United States Mass:  17 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIF. [show all] Search for other: IIIF irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 38:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. CORRECTION
A letter from Jean LaPaz. Secretary of the Institute of Meteoritics (Albuquerque, USA) October 3, 1966, reports that the weight of the Oregon iron meteorite, USA is 12.961 kg, not 12.961 gr. (Met. Bull. No. 37, 1966). | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Klamath Falls 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. 38, Moscow (1966) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Oregon, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1935 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Oregon (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||