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| Basic information | Name: Conquista This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1965 Country: Brazil Mass:  20.35 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 6564 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. THE FALL OF THE CONQUISTA, BRAZIL, STONY METEORITE Name: CONQUISTA Place of find: Corrego do Lageado, Conquista, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 19°51'S., 47°33'W., approximately. Date of fall: December 1965, early in the month, at 0600 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Olivine Fa17.2, low-Ca pyroxene Fs15.4, 25.83% total iron. Number of individual specimens: 1 + fragments Total weight: Not known, single specimen of 20.35 kg recovered. Circumstances of fall: The fall was accompanied by a loud noise and an impact pit 1.5 m in diameter was formed. Many fragments are said to have been distributed around the pit but only the 20.35 kg main mass appears to have been preserved. Source: K. Keil, E. Kirchner, C.B. Gomes, E. Jarosewich and R.L.L. Murta, 1978. Studies of Brazilian Meteorites XIV. Mineralogy, Petrology and Chemistry of the Conquista, Minas Gerais, Chondrite. Meteoritics 13, 177. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 59, Meteoritics 16, 193-199 (1981)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites from Minas Gerais, Brazil (plus 2 unapproved names) This is 1 of 88 approved meteorites from Brazil (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 7 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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