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| Basic information | Name: Santa Clara This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1976 Country: Mexico Mass:  63 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IVB. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVB irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 60:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE SANTA CLARA, MEXICO, IRON METEORITE Name: SANTA CLARA Place of find: Near Santa Clara, Durango, Mexico. 24°28'N., 103°21'W. Date of find: 1976 Class and type: Iron. Ataxite (nickel-rich) (IV B) 17.9% Ni, 0.80% Co, 0.11 % P, 0.22 ppm Ga, 0.054 ppm Ge, 18 ppm Ir. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 63 kg Circumstances of find: Not known. Purchased in 1977 by the Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University. Sources: C.B. Moore, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA; A. Kracher et al. , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1980,44, 773. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 60, Meteoritics 17, 93-97 (1982)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Durango, Mexico This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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