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| Basic information | Name: Villa Coronado This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1983 Country: Mexico Mass:  2.9 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 62:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE VILLA CORONADO, MEXICO, STONY METEORITE Name: VILLA CORONADO Place of find: Near Villa Coronado, Chihuahua, Mexico. 26°45'N., 105°15'W. Date of find: 1983 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5) Olivine Fa18. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 2.9 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported Source: W. Zeitschel, Hanau, West Germany; A.L. Graham, Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 62, Meteoritics 19, 49-57 (1984)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites from Chihuahua, Mexico (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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