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| Basic information | Name: Colonia Obrera This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1973 Country: Mexico Mass:  12.2 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IIIE. [show all] Search for other: IIIE irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 58:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE COLONIA OBRERA, MEXICO, IRON METEORITE Name: COLONIA OBRERA Synonym: Colonia Obrerra Place of find: Colonia Obrera, a suburb of Durango, Mexico. 24°01'N., 104°40'W. Date of find: 1973 Class and type: Iron. Coarse octahedrite. (1.4 mm). Group IIIE, 8.62% Ni, 17.4 ppm Ga, 37 ppm Ge, 0.055 ppm In Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 12.2 kg. Circumstances of find: Not reported. The main mass, 12.15 kg, is in Tempe, Arizona State University. Source: C.F. Lewis and C.B. Moore, 1976. Catalogue of Meteorites, Arizona State University and A. Kracher et al., 1980. Chemical classification of iron meteorites - IX. A new group (IIF), revision of IAB and IIICD and data on 57 additional irons. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 44, 773. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 58, Meteoritics 15, 235-240 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Durango, Mexico This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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Colonia Obrerra (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||