Canadian meteorites and the National Meteorite Collection of Canada

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Feb 1988

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Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (ISSN 0035-872X), vol. 82, Feb. 1988, p. 24-30.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Canada, Catalogs (Publications), Collection, Meteoritic Composition, Museums, Meteorites, Catalog, Samples, Meteorite, Classification, Description, Stony Meteorites, Iron Meteorites, Chondrites

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A list of Canadian meteorites is presented and the history of the acquisition of specimens by the National Meteorite Collection of Canada is discussed. Thirty-eight of the 46 recognized Canadian meteorites are in the National Meteorite Collection. More than half have been recovered in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and all six of the pre-1905 discoveries are of the more recognizable nickel-iron type.

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