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| Basic information | Name: Garden Head This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1944 Country: Canada Mass:  1296 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-sHH. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 32:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. GARDEN HEAD, Saskatchewan; φ = 49°49' N, λ = 108°27.6' W. FOUND, early Autumn, 1944. IRON, nickel-rich ataxite. 1 specimen, weight 1.296 kg. The meteorite was in the possession of Mr. G. J. A. Reberger (Shaunavon, Canada); it is now held in the Canadian National Meteorite Collection. Source: Report of Dr. K. R. Dawson (Canada) and Dr. B. A. McIntosh (Ottawa, Canada)in a letter X.1 1964. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Garden Head 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. 32, Moscow (1964)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Saskatchewan, Canada (plus 6 impact craters) This is 1 of 66 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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