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| Basic information | Name: Ocotillo This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1990 Country: United States Mass:  28.57 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 120 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Ocotillo Imperial County, California, USA Found 1990 Iron, coarse octahedrite (IAB) One mass of 28.57 kg was found by Bill Hanna about 5 miles N of Ocotillo. Analysis, 7.01% Ni, 0.47% Co, 112 ppm Cu, 74 ppm Ga, 13.9 ppm As, 2.6 ppm Ir, 4.9 ppm Pt, 1.65 ppm Au, John T. Wasson, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA. Additional analysis, 7.4% Ni, 0.43% Co, 0.46% P, and information, Charles F. Lewis, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA. Main mass, James Schwade, 969 South Chicago Ave, Kankakee, Illinois 60901, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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