THE RECOVERY OF A FIFTH MEMBER OF THE CAPE YORK, WEST GREENLAND, SIDERITIC FALL (CN = 0670,760:)*

Abstract The circumstances of the discovery and recovery, on 1955 August 9, of what appears to be the fifth and, to date, the smallest‐known member of the famous Cape York, West Greenland, sideritic fall — a mass weighing 106 pounds — are detailed, together with a brief description of the specimen,...

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Published in:Meteoritics
Main Author: Leonard, Frederick C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1955
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
General Environmental Science
Greenland
Cape York
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1955.tb01353.x
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Summary:Abstract The circumstances of the discovery and recovery, on 1955 August 9, of what appears to be the fifth and, to date, the smallest‐known member of the famous Cape York, West Greenland, sideritic fall — a mass weighing 106 pounds — are detailed, together with a brief description of the specimen, in a letter received from Mr. William G. Melbourne, a U.C.L.A. alumnus and a member of the party that recovered the meteorite.

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