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| Basic information | Name: El Mirage This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1972 Country: United States Mass:  598 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA, IRON METEORITE Name: EL MIRAGE Place of find: El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.A. 33°41'N, 112°16W (approximately Sect. 16, TAN., R.1 E.). Date of find: March or April 1972. Class and type: Iron. Hexahedrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 598 grams Circumstances of find: Found by Steven Schuetz (age 8) while walking in desert. Source: Charles F. Lewis, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 178 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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