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| Basic information | Name: Thiel Mountains This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1962 or 1961 Country: Antarctica Mass:  31.7 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 56 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Pallasite, PMG. [show all] Search for other: Main group pallasites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Revised 26 May 2009: Revised pallasite classifications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 24:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF HORLICK MOUNTAINS STONY-IRON METEORITE, ANTARCTIDA [sic] Name: HORLICK MOUNTAINS. The place of fall or discovery: Horlick Mountains, Antarctida. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, early in January, 1962. Class and type: STONY-IRON, pallasite. Number of individual specimens: 2. Total weight: Nearly 22.7 and 9.0 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorites were found on the surface of a glacier at a distance of about 90 meters from each other. Both specimens match. The major constituents are iron and olivine. The meteorites are now at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, USA). Source: Report, sent by Dr. Mort D. Turner (Lawrence, USA) to E. L. Krinov in a letter, March 26, 1962. Writeup from MB 25: Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. A letter from Dr. E. P. Henderson (Washington, USA) to E. L. Krinov, November 5, 1962 reports that the right name of the stony-iron meteorite found in Antarctica in January, 1962, is Thiel Mountains and not Horlick Mountains as previously reported in the Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 24, August, 1962. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 24, Moscow (1962) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 25, Moscow (1962)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Horlick Mountains (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||