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| Basic information | Name: Cerro del Inca This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1997 Country: Chile Mass:  20.6 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIF. [show all] Search for other: IIIF irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Cerro del Inca Antofagasta , Chile Found 1997 Iron, fine to medium octahedrite (IIIF) A 20.6 kg iron meteorite was found in the Atacama Desert by soldiers surveying a mine field with metal detectors. Description and composition (J. Wasson, UCLA): meteorite has one smooth, shield-shaped surface, with the obverse showing deep regmaglypt hollows; kamacite band width, 0.5 mm; bulk composition, Co = 0.379 wt%, Ni = 7.69 wt%, Ga = 6.17 ppm, As = 4.34 ppm, Ir = 3.35 ppm, Au = 0.54 ppm. Specimens: 10 kg, Mr. Rodrigo B. Martinez de los Rios, Atacama Desert Meteorites, Antofagasta, Chile; 10.6 kg is being sold privately; type specimen, 120 g, UCLA. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
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. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2503 approved meteorites from Antofagasta, Chile (plus 10 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 2532 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 16 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||
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