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| Basic information | Name: Dolores This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Chile Mass:  4.33 kg | ||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 88:
Dolores Dolores, Provincia de Iquique, Chile Found 2001 Iron (IIIAB) A single stone of mass 4333 g was found on the site of a battlefield from the Pacific War, while hunting for historical artefacts with a metal detector. Classification (J. Wasson, UCLA): Composition of metal is Co 4.98 mg/g; Ni 74.8 mg/g, Ga 18.6 μg/g, As 3.8 μg/g, Ir7.0 μg/g, Au 0.571 μg/g. One other South American iron, Sanclerlandia, has a composition that is the same as Dolores within experimental error. Specimens: Main mass (3198 g) with Rodrigo Martinez, Santiago, Chile; 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. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Tarapaca, Chile (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 3469 approved meteorites from Chile (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||
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