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Santa Clara
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:help 63 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 60  (1982)  IVB
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  IVB
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IVB
Recommended:  Iron, IVB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IVB.   [show all]
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Writeup from MB 60:
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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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Geography:

Mexico
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (24° 28'N, 103° 21'W)
     Recommended::   (24° 28'N, 103° 21'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Durango, Mexico
     This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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