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Mbosi
Basic information Name: Mbosi
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1930
Country: Tanzania
Mass:help 16 t
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Iron-ung
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Iron-ung
Recommended:  Iron, ungrouped    [explanation]

This is 1 of 149 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped.   [show all]
Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Ungrouped irons
Buchwald The following entries were found for Mbosi in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Henning Dypvik, UIO   
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Alan Mazur   
David L. Ribeca   
John A. Shea   
Ziyao Wang   
Geography:

Tanzania
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (9° 7'S, 33° 4'E)
     Recommended::   (9° 7'S, 33° 4'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Mbeya, Tanzania
     This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from Tanzania
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Synonymshelp: M'Bozi (In NHM Cat)
Tanganyika (In NHM Cat)

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