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The Belle Plaine III Meteorite |
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| Authors: | ELLIOT GILLERMAN WALTER E HILL |
| Abstract: | Abstract The Belle Plaine III meteorite is one of three meteorites, all of about the same size, found within a 2 mile strip southeast of Belle Plaine, Kansas. The meteorite weighs 23.9 kg, and consists of about 28% metallic minerals and 72% silicates. Nickel-iron, magnetite, hypersthene and olivene are the major constituents. The meteorite is an olivene-hypersthene chondrite. |
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