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| Basic information | Name: Smithville This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1840 Country: United States Mass:  70.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 120 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 26:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. An article by William F. Read. A new find at the Smithville meteorite locality. Journ. of the Tennessee Academy of Science, vol. 38, No. 1, January, 1963, reports about a find in January 1962 seventh specimen of the iron meteorite Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA, weighing approximately 2.924 kg. First specimen of this meteorite was found in 1840 (see: G. T. Prior. Catalogue of Meteorites. Second edition by Max H. Hey, London, 1953). | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Smithville 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. 26, Moscow (1963)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Tennessee, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Caney Fork (In NHM Cat) Cany Fork (In NHM Cat) Caryfort (In NHM Cat) De Calb County (In NHM Cat) DeKalb County (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||