Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Wold Cottage

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Wold Cottage

Basic information

Name: Wold Cottage
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: Yes
Year fell: 1795
Country: United Kingdom
Mass: 25 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 7145 approved meteorites (plus 3 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7), L chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites

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Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.):	Require SI photo
Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.):	Require NHM photo

References:

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Matteo Chinellato
Rob Elliott
unknown
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Brice D. Hornback
David Hardy
MeteoriteCollector.org - AMNH
Peter Marmet

Geography:

United Kingdom

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(54° 8' 12"N, 0° 24' 48"W)
Recommended::	(54° 8' 12"N, 0° 24' 48"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from England, United Kingdom (plus 12 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from United Kingdom (plus 22 unapproved names)

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Synonyms:

Yorkshire (In NHM Cat)

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