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 107 kg was recovered from a 6 ft 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, 16 km north of Thorhild and 49 km 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.