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The Eagle Station meteorite is a pallasite and type specimen of the Eagle Station group.[2]

It was found in 1880 close to Eagle Station, Carroll County, Kentucky (United States). The first description was made by George F. Kunz in 1887.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Eagle Station". Meteoritical Society.
  2. ^ D.S. Lauretta, H.Y. McSween, Jr., editors ; foreword by Richard P. Binze; M. K. Weisberg; T. J. McCoy, A. N. Krot (2006). "Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification" (PDF). Meteorites and the early solar system II. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 19–52. ISBN 978-0816525621. Retrieved 15 December 2012. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Kunz, George F. (1887). "On two new meteorites from Carroll County, Kentucky and Catorce, Mexico". American Journal of Science. 33 (195): 228–235. Bibcode:1887AmJS...33..228K. doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-33.195.228. S2CID 129989594.

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