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| Basic information | Name: Casilda This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1937 Country: Argentina Mass:  5.25 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12057 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 52:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE CASILDA, ARGENTINA, STONY METEORITE Name: CASILDA Place of find: Near Casilda, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. 33°6'S, 61°8'W (coordinates of Casilda). Date of find: 1937 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 5.25 kg Circumstances of find: The specimen is in the collection of the Instituto de Geologia de la Fundacion Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina. Source: A. J. Toselli and M. de Brodtkorb. 1973. Acta Geologica Lilloana XII, 135-153. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 52, Meteoritics 9, 101-121 (1974)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Santa Fe, Argentina This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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