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| Basic information | Name: Gan Gan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1984 Country: Argentina Mass:  83 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Gan Gan Chubut, Argentina Found 1984 Iron, fine octahedrite (IVA) An 83 kg iron meteorite was found by a person collecting pine cones. Classification and description (J. Wasson, UCLA): bulk metal Co = 0.41 wt%, Ni = 9.12 wt%, Ga = 2.36 ppm, As = 12.1 ppm, Ir = 1.11 ppm, Au = 2.216 ppm. Specimens: 1.74 kg, Cilz; 29 kg, Schwade; 700 g, UCLA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) Cilz: Marlin Cilz, Montana Meteorite Lab, Box 1063, Malta, MT 59538, United States; Website (private address) Schwade: James Schwade, 969 South Chicago St., Kankakee, IL 60901, United States (private 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 5 approved meteorites from Chubut, Argentina This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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