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| Basic information | Name: Old Woman This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1976 Country: United States Mass:  2.75 t | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 148 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE OLD WOMAN, USA, IRON METEORITE Name: OLD WOMAN Place of find: Old Woman Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 34°28'N., 115°14'W. Date of find: Early 1976. Class and type: Iron. Coarsest octahedrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 2753 kg Circumstances of find: The meteorite was found high in a wash on the west slopes of the Old Woman Mountains by prospectors Mike Jendruczak and David Friberg. It is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Sources: J.T. Wasson and J. Willis, 1976. Discovery of a large IIAB iron meteorite in Southern California. Meteoritics 11, 386-387. Roy S. Clarke, Jr., Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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