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| Basic information | Name: Juromenha This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1968 Country: Portugal Mass:  25.25 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 45:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF JUROMENHA IRON METEORITE, PORTUGAL Name: JUROMENHA. The place of fall or discovery: At about 3 km from the village of Juromenha, Alandroal, Portugal; φ = 38°44'25" N, λ = 7°16'12" W. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, November 14, 1968, 17h 551 GMT, Class and type: IRON, nickel-rich ataxite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 25.2 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The bolide travelled from SW to NE and descended towards the ground at a 50°-60° angle. The meteorite struck arable land which was slightly moist, opened a hole having the depth of 0.8 m and caused a rain of sand. The meteorite was found in the bottom of the hole. A countryman who was at 30 m from the place of the fall heard an enormous noise accompanied by a great glow similar to that of the day. The meteorite was turned over the Laboratory and Museum of Mineralogy and Geology (Faculty of Sciences), Lisboa, Portugal. Source: Event Information Report of the Center for Short-lived Phenomena of the Smithsonian Institution, Cambridge, USA XII 2 and 26, 1968 and I 17, 1969 and reports of Dr. A. Silva de Sousa in a letter 111 3, 1969. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Juromenha in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 45, Moscow (1969) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Evora, Portugal This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Portugal (plus 1 unapproved name) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Alandroal (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||