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The Belle Plaine III Meteorite
Author(s) -
GILLERMAN ELLIOT,
HILL WALTER E.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1967.tb00367.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , chondrite , geology , geochemistry , astrobiology , physics
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.