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| Basic information | Name: Lac Dodon This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1993 Country: Canada Mass:  800 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 78:
Lac Dodon Montcalm County, Quebec, Canada Found 1993, summer Iron (coarse octahedrite, bandwidth 1.34 mm, IAB) An iron of 800 g was found by Roland Octernaud of Montreal while walking on his rural property in the company of a geologist friend, who suggested that the object was a meteorite. Analysis: 8.64% Ni; 71 ppm Ga; 377 ppm Ge; 3.30 ppm Ir; Eric Hoffman, Acivation Laboratories Ltd., Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. A purchase of the main mass is under negotiation by Richard Herd, Curator, National Meteorite Collection, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A OE8, Canada. Classification and information: Stephen A. Kissin, Department of Geology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Quebec, Canada (plus 9 impact craters) This is 1 of 65 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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