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| Basic information | Name: Point of Rocks (iron) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1956 Country: United States Mass:  18 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 37:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. POINT OF ROCKS (iron), Colfax County, New Mexico, USA; approx. φ =36 ½° N, λ = 104 ½° W. FOUND, 1956. IRON, octahedrite. 23.4 gr. in Inst. Meteor., Univ. New Mexico, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Point of Rocks (iron) 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. 37, Moscow (1966)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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