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Rafrüti
Basic information Name: Rafrüti
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1886
Country: Switzerland
Mass:help 18.2 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Iron-ung
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Iron-ung
Recommended:  Iron, ungrouped    [explanation]

This is 1 of 146 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 Rafrüti 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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Geography:

Switzerland
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (47° 0'N, 7° 50'E)
     Recommended::   (47° 0'N, 7° 50'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Bern, Switzerland (plus 1 unapproved name)
     This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites from Switzerland (plus 3 unapproved names)
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