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Wold Cottage

Basic information

Name: Wold Cottage
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1795
Country: United Kingdom
Mass: 25 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

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Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.):	Require SI photo
Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.):	Require NHM photo

References:

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Matteo Chinellato
Rob Elliott
unknown
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Brice D. Hornback
Chris Spratt
David Hardy
David L. Ribeca
Dean B
Dominik Stoeckli
Domjan Svilkovic
Gerald Armstrong
Jason Evans
Kieron Heard
MeteoriteCollector.org - AMNH - New York
MeteoriteCollector.org - FCOM - Russ Finney
MeteoriteCollector.org - MTCU - Monnig Collection
Michael S. Scherman
Peter Marmet
Raymond Borges
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Geography:

United Kingdom

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(54° 8' 12"N, 0° 24' 48"W)
Recommended::	(54° 8' 12"N, 0° 24' 48"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites from England, United Kingdom (plus 13 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 23 approved meteorites from United Kingdom (plus 23 unapproved names)

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Synonyms

Yorkshire (In NHM Cat)

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