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LOCATION OF FIND: The surface ice of Great Bear Lake, N.W.T.

DATE: Found - June, 1936.

DESCRIPTION: The existing specimen has a mass of 40 g and a width of 2.5cm.  No further record exist describing the original mass.

CLASSIFICATION: Stone - H6 - Olivine bronzite chondrite.

CIRCUMSTANCES: The main mass has been lost.

CURRENT HOUSING: The only specimen on record is in the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, D.C.


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IMAGERY

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Great Bear Lake Meteorite

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