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| Basic information | Name: Tacoma This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1925 Country: United States Mass:  16.7 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 76 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE TACOMA, USA, IRON METEORITE Name: TACOMA Place of find: A farm outside Tacoma, Washington, USA. 47° 15'N., 122°25'W. (coordinates of Tacoma, find site likely to be within 10 km of this). Date of find: Between 1925 and 1932. Class and type: Iron. Coarse to medium octahedrite (IA). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 16.7 g Circumstances of find: Found by William McDowell on his farm, information scanty. Source: E.R.D. Scott, J.T. Wasson and R.W. Bild, 1977. Four new iron meteorite finds. Meteoritics 12, 425-435. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Washington, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 1885 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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