Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Bear Creek

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Bear Creek

Basic information

Name: Bear Creek
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1866
Country: United States
Mass: 227 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IIIAB
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IIIB
Recommended:			Iron, IIIAB [explanation]

This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all]
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Buchwald

The following entries were found for Bear Creek in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]

Entry for Bear Creek, volume 2, page 307

Entry for synonym Jefferson, volume 2, page 309

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Dott. Geol. Alberto Giusta
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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(39° 36'N, 105° 18'W)
Recommended::	(39° 36'N, 105° 18'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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Synonyms

Aeriotopos (In NHM Cat)
Bear River (In NHM Cat)
Colorado (In NHM Cat)
Denver (In NHM Cat)
Denver County (In NHM Cat)
Jefferson (In NHM Cat)
Jefferson County (In NHM Cat)

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