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Casimiro de Abreu
Basic information Name: Casimiro de Abreu
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1947
Country: Brazil
Mass:help 25 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  IIIAB
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IIIA
Recommended:  Iron, IIIAB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB.   [show all]
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Buchwald The following entries were found for Casimiro de Abreu in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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Don Cuarzo   
Gabriel Gonçalves Silva   
Rodrigo Guerra   
Geography:

Brazil
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (22° 28'S, 42° 13'W)
     Recommended::   (22° 28'S, 42° 13'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
     This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites from Brazil (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 7 impact craters)
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