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| Basic information | Name: Pedernales This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1980 Country: United States Mass:  691 g | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: |
Approved 21 Feb 2005 Revised 9 Sep 2006: Update classification | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 90:
Pedernales 30°20′N, 98°57′W Gillespie County, Texas, USA Find: 1 December 1980 Iron (ungrouped and related to IAB clan) History: Mr. John Stitt excavated a mass of 691 g from a depth of 4 feet from an Indian rock midden on ranch land close to Fredericksburg. Geochemistry: (J. T. Wasson, UCLA) Bulk composition: Co = 4.89, Ni = 75.0 (both mg/g); Ga = 65, Ge = 190, As = 16.4, Ir = 1. 17, Au = 1.455 (all µg/g). Classification: The stone is an iron of the IAB complex, but it is not a member of the IAB main group or the subgroups. It is closely related to Algarrabo and slightly further away in composition from Livingston (Tennessee). The kamacite bandwidth is 0.9 ± 0.2 mm (medium octahedrite). In some areas such bands have merged to create bands twice as wide. Specimens: A 23 g type specimen is on deposit at UCLA and one 86 g type specimen is on deposit at ASU. The main mass is held by B. Barnett. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB90 Table 4 Line 15: |
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| Institutions and collections |
ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 312 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1844 approved meteorites from United States (plus 358 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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