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| Basic information | Name: Penouille This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1984 Country: Canada Mass:  72.5 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 82 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:
Penouille Comte Gaspe-Est, Province du Quebec, Canada Found summer 1984, recognized 1994 Iron (Medium octahedrite, LAB) An iron of 72.52 g was found by a then eight-year-old boy, Christian Couture, on a sand beach on the south side of the Penouille peninsula (Baie de Gaspe), ~1 km south of the village Penouille. In 1994, he brought it to the Planétarium de Montréal, where it was identified as a meteorite. The iron has an oxidized, but smooth exterior with an ellipsoidal shape of 4.8 x 3 x 2 cm. A polished surface revealed an octahedrite structure with a kamacite bandwidth of 0.88 mm. Near the original surface, the heat-affected zone is still preserved. Analysis: 9.4% Ni; 365 ppm Ge; 63 ppm Ga; 3.66 ppm Ir; 1.98 ppm Au; 5850 ppm Co. Type specimen, classification and information: Stephen A. Kissin, Lakehead University, Department of Geology, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1. The main mass is at the Planétarium de Montréal, Montréal, 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 66 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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