Country: England
State/District: Yorkshire, Wold Newton, Scarborough
Co-ordinates: 54°8'12"N 0°24'48"W
Date of fall: 1795, December 13 1530
Total known weight: 25 kg (approx.)
Number of pieces: 1
Type: Stone. Ordinary chondrite
Mineral analyses: Total iron: 22.73%
Olivine Fa24
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Yorkshire
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After detonations heard in adjacent villages, a stone of about 56lb was seen to fall about 0.75 mile SW of Wold Newton church, E.Howard, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, 1802, 92, p.174, Ann. Phys., 1803, 13, p.297, Ann. Phys., 15, p.318. Mentioned, The Gentleman's Mag., 1797, 67, p.549, -.Sowerby, British Mineralogy, 1807, 2, p.3, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.523. Detailed history and recovery circumstances, C.T.Pillinger and J.M.Pillinger, Meteoritics 1996, 31, p.589, p.A108 (abs.). Bulk chemical analysis, 22.73% total Fe, A.A.Moss et al., Min. Mag., 1967, 36, p.101. Thermal stability of TL intensity, C.L.Melcher and D.W.G.Sears, Meteoritics, 1979, 14, p.249. Olivine Fa24, B.Mason, GCA, 1963, 27, p.1011. TL data, M.Haq et al., GCA, 1988, 52, p.1679. Magnetic properties, S.J.Morden and D.W.Collinson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1992, 109, p.185. Historical notes, C.T.Pillinger and J.M.Pillinger, MAPS, 1998, 33, p.A123 (abs.); see also, J.G.Wilson, Meteorite!, 2003, 9(4), p.14. Magnetic susceptibility, P.Rochette et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, p.251.
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