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| Basic information | Name: Derrick Peak 88017 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: DRP 88017 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme] Mass:  63 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 144 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 71:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Derrick Peak 88017 to 88025 Victoria Land, Antarctica Found December 1988 Iron. Coarsest octahedrite (IIB). Nine iron meteorites weighing 76 g to 63 kg (total weight 74 kg) were found by a geologic field party from the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme. Derrick Peak 88017 to 88025 are almost certainly all paired with the Derrick Peak A78001 to 78016 specimens which were found in the same area, R. S. Clarke, Meteoritics 17, 1982, 129, and have the meteorite name Derrick Peak A78001. Classification and discovery details from M. P. Kirkbride, M. A. Bradshaw and F. J. Harmsen, Meteoritics, in press. Main masses are at the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Note: There are no meteorites named DRP 88001-016; the numbers were started with 88017 to avoid confusion with DRP A78001-016). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43332 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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