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| Basic information | Name: Loreto This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1896 Country: Mexico Mass:  94.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 8:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. LORETO, Mexico, Iron. Literature: 1. Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 1954, v.6, No. 5/6. 2. Meteoritics, 1956, v. l, No. 4, p.477 /MA-13-362/. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Loreto 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. 8, Moscow (1958)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Baja California Sur, Mexico This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Loreto Baja (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||