Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Chañaral

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Chañaral

Basic information

Name: Chañaral
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1884
Country: Chile
Mass: 1207 g

Classification
history:

MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IIIAB
Recommended:			Iron, IIIAB [explanation]

This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all]
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Comments:

paired in cat with Ilimaes (iron)

Buchwald

The following entries were found for Chañaral in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]

Entry for Chañaral, volume 2, page 675

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References:

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Geography:

Chile

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(26° 30'S, 70° 15'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Atacama, Chile
This is 1 of 2399 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 15 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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