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| Basic information | Name: Smolenice This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: Slovakia Mass:  13.95 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 9 Feb 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Smolenice 48°31.2’N, 17°23.9’E Zapadoslovensky, Slovakia Find: 2012 Mar 04 Classification: Iron meteorite (IVA) History: On March 11, 2012, a meteorite was found in the forest. As the finder was not geologist and could not identify the object as a meteorite, he left it in place. He returned after three weeks and found it again on April 3, 2012. Physical characteristics: One piece of 13.95 kg was found. The meteorite has a brown-colored surface that represents oxidized iron minerals. Petrography: M. Gargulák (SGUDS) and D. Ozdín (CUB). The meteorite is composed of kamacite, taenite, troilite and daubréelite. There is a Widmanstätten pattern present. Troilite forms nodules in metal. Kamacite dominates over taenite. The average bandwidth of kamacite is 0.22 mm. Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: ICP-MS and ICP-AES (S. Strekopytov, NHM): Ni 8.10, Co 0.378, Fe 88.7, P 0.05, S <0.006 (all in wt%); Ge < 0.7, Ir 1.67, Ga 1.80, Cr 87.3, Cu 135, As 4.52, Mo 5.82, Sn 1.53, W 0.565, Re 0.176, Ru 3.56, Rh 0.897, Pd 4.12, Au 1.19, Zn <5, B <0.68, Pb <0.06 (all in ppm). Classification: Iron, fine octahedrite (Of), IVA group. Weathering of the meteorite is mostly minimal, moderate at the rims. Specimens: The anonymous finder owns the main piece of the meteorite. The type specimens: 24.5 (CUB), 28.6 (SNM). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011) CUB: Daniel Ozdín, Mineralogical Museum of Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia (institutional address; updated 2 Dec 2018) SGUDS: State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Mlynská dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava 11, Slovakia (institutional address; updated 2 Aug 2018) SNM: Natural History Museum of Slovak National Museum, Vajanského nábr. 2, P.O.BOX 13, 810 06 Bratislava, Slovakia; Website (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2018) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Zapadoslovensky, Slovakia This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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