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FALL OF BRUDERHEIM STONY METEORITE SHOWER, CANADA
Name: BRUDERHEIM
The place of fall or discovery: near Bruderheim, Alberta, Canada: φ = 53°54′; λ = 112°54′ W.
Date of fall or discovery: FALL, March 4, 1960; 08h 06m U T.
Class and type: STONY, grey chondrite.
The number of individual specimens: 350; meteorite shower.
Total weight: over 180 kg.
The circumstances of the fall or discovery: the fall of the meteorite shower was accompanied by a bolide observed by many witnesses. This meteorite shower have been collected over an area some 3 km across. The investigation of the fall of the meteor shower and the collection of meteorites have been made by Professor R. E. Folinsbee, Chairman of the Department of Geology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Source: a letter from Dr. P. M. Millman to E. L. Krinov dated March 31, 1960.
