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| Basic information | Name: Tambo Quemado This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1950 Country: Peru Mass:  141 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 8:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. TAMBO QUEMADO, Peru, Iron. Literature: 1. Bol. Inst. Nac. Invest. y Formento Mineros, Peru, 1950, v.1, No. 1, pp. 141-148 /MA-12-361/ /MA-12-612/. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Tambo Quemado in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 8, Moscow (1958)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Ayacucho, Peru This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites from Peru (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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