Chuckwalla

Kern County, California, USA

Found 1992 November

Iron (IAB)

A single mass of 1.802 kg was found by Mr. Melvin English while quail hunting in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains. Classification (J. Wasson, UCLA): bulk composition Ni = 65.9 mg/g; Co = 4.61 mg/g, Ga = 100 µg/g, As = 12.4 µg/g, Ir = 2.72 µg/g, Au = 1.468 µg/g; see Wasson et al. (2002). The meteorite contains diamonds, some visible macroscopically, and many visible under the microscope. The diamonds closely resemble those in Allan Hills A77283 described by Clarke et al. (1981). Specimens: type specimens 82.6 g UCLA, 38 g SI; main mass, Grif.