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| Basic information | Name: Toronto This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1970 Country: Canada Mass:  2.72 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 82 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 83:
Toronto Quebec (?), Canada Found 1970s or 1980s Iron, coarse octahedrite (IAB) A 2.715 kg iron meteorite was found by Mr. Karl Heinz, probably while he was on a canoe trip in Quebec. His widow gave the meteorite to Mrs. Hildegard Weltner in 1989. Classification (S. Kissin, LHU) and petrography (G. Wilson, UTor): kamacite bandwidth 1.64 ± 0.56 mm; kamacite polygonal with Neumann bands and abundant rhabdites; troilite nodules present; no heat affected zone; bulk composition, Ni = 7.04 wt%, Co = 4810 ppm, Ga = 87 ppm; Ge = 372 ppm, Ir = 2.55 ppm, Au = 1.91 ppm; probably not paired with Canyon Diablo based on bulk composition; further information can be found in Wilson (1997). Specimens: type specimen, 67 g, contact Dr. Richard K. Herd, GSC; main mass with Mrs. Hildegard Weltner, Toronto. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
GSC: National Meteorite Collection, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8, Canada (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011) LHU: Department of Geology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada (institutional address; updated 23 Dec 2011) UTor: IsoTrace Laboratory, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 66 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||