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| Basic information | Name: Soledade This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1986 Country: Brazil Mass:  68 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 120 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 66:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Soledade Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Found before 1982 Iron. Octahedrite, coarse (3 mm). (IAB). A single 68 kg mass was discovered in a garage near Soledade City, Brazil where it was being heated with an acetylene torch and hammered. 6.7% Ni; 98.5 ppm Ga; 420 ppm Ge. Main mass in private hands. (M. E. Zucolotto, Programa de PosGraduacao em Geologia, Instituto de Geosciences, Cidade Universitaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; H. Grunewaldt, C. P. 30, Arrio do Meio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; J. T. Wasson, Inst. of Geophysics, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites from Brazil (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 7 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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