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| Basic information | Name: Iguaracu This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1977 Country: Brazil Mass:  1200 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11238 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 68:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Iguaracu Near Iguaracu, Parana state, Brazil Fell October 1977 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H5). A single, crusted mass weighing 1200 g fell near Iguaracu, R. R. Brooks, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Classification, olivine Fa18.8, P. Sipeira, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, pers. comm., 1989. 1 kg, Fundacao, Universitade de Maringa; 102 g, Massey | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 68, Meteoritics 25, 59-70 (1990)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Parana, Brazil (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites from Brazil (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 7 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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