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| Basic information | Name: Sombrerete This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1958 Country: Mexico Mass:  10 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-sHL. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE SOMBRERETE, MEXICO, IRON METEORITE Name: SOMBRERETE Place of find: "Cerro del Sombreretillo," Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico. 23°38'N., 103°40'W. (location of Sombrerete). Date of find: 1958 Class and type: Iron. Iron with silicate inclusions. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 10 kg Circumstances of find: The specimen is reported to have been found in the "Cerro del Sombreretillo" in 1958 at Miguel Flores. It later became part of the collection of Miguel Romero S., Tehuacan, Mexico. Approximately 1 kg is now at the Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution. Source: Roy S. Clarke, Jr. Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Zacatecas, Mexico This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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