Abee (meteorite)


Abee is an enstatite chondrite meteorite that fell on 9 June 1952 in Alberta, Canada.

History

The Abee meteorite fell at 11:05 p.m. on 9 June 1952. A stone of was recovered from a deep crater.
It was found five days later in Harry Buryn's wheat field located in the community of Abee, Alberta, Canada; which is located in Thorhild County, along the Canadian National Railway and Highway 63, north of Thorhild and from Boyle.

Classification

Abee is classified as an enstatite chondrite with a petrologic type 4, thus belonging to the group EH4. It is the only example in the world of an EH4 impact-melt breccia meteorite.