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| Basic information | Name: São João Nepomuceno This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1960 Country: Brazil Mass:  15.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IVA-an. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 58:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE SÃO JOÃO NEPOMUCENO, BRAZIL, IRON METEORITE Name: SÃO JOÃO NEPOMUCENO Place of find: São João Nepomuceno, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. 21°33'S., 43°01'W. Date of find: Not reported. Class and type: Iron. Fine octahedrite, with silicate inclusions (0.3 mm). Group IVA-ANOM, 8.0% Ni, 2.16 ppm Ga, 0.118 ppm Ge, 2.6 ppm Ir. Number of individual specimens: 1? Total weight: Not reported. Circumstances of find: Not reported. Source: J.T. Wasson, letter of December, 1979 and A. Kracher et al., 1980. Chemical classification of iron meteorites - IX. A new group (IIF), revision of IAB and IIICD, and data on 57 additional irons. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 44, 773. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 58, Meteoritics 15, 235-240 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites from Minas Gerais, Brazil (plus 2 unapproved names) This is 1 of 88 approved meteorites from Brazil (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 7 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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