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Kitchener

Basic information

Name: Kitchener
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1998
Country: Canada
Mass: 203 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 84:

Kitchener

Ontario , Canada

Fell 1998 July 12, 08:30 (edt )

Ordinary chondrite (L6)

An approximately spherical meteorite weighing 202.6 g was heard to fall by a golfer at the sixth tee of the Doon Valley golf course in the city of Kitchener. The single, completely crusted stone was immediately recovered. Classification and mineralogy (G. Wilson, UTor): olivine, Fa_25.8; pyroxene, Fs_21.4; shock stage, S2; kamacite contains 0.95 wt% Co; fusion crust averages 0.4 mm thick. Main mass, GSC.

Institutions
and collections

GSC: National Meteorite Collection, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8, Canada (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011)
UTor: IsoTrace Laboratory, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada (institutional address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Orville Delong holding the certificate presented to him commemorating his find
unknown

Geography:

Canada

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(43° 23'N, 80° 23'W)
Recommended::	(43° 23'N, 80° 23'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Ontario, Canada (plus 5 impact craters)
This is 1 of 67 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters)

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