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Tucson
Basic information Name: Tucson
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1850
Country: United States
Mass:help 975 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Iron-ung
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Iron-ung
Recommended:  Iron, ungrouped    [explanation]

This is 1 of 149 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped.   [show all]
Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Ungrouped irons
Buchwald The following entries were found for Tucson in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Martin Horejsi   
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Anna Morris   
Corey Kuo   
David Hardy   
David L. Ribeca   
Dominik Stoeckli   
Franco Vignato   
Gerald Armstrong   
Jay Piatek      
John A. Shea   
Matteo Chinellato   
MeteoriteCollector.org - FCOM - Russ Finney   
MeteoriteCollector.org - USNM - Smithsonian      
Michael S. Scherman   
Peter Marmet   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (31° 51'N, 110° 58'W)
     Recommended::   (31° 51'N, 110° 58'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 178 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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