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| Basic information | Name: Indianópolis This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1989 Country: Brazil Mass:  14.85 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 146 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Indianópolis Minas Gerais, Brazil Found 1989 July Iron, coarsest octahedrite (IIAB) A 14.85 kg mass was found among the gravels of the Araguari River. Classification and analysis (B. Spettel, MPI; R. Bartoschewitz, Bart): kamacite band width, 10–13 mm; rich in schreibersite; composition, Ni = 6.00 wt%, Cu = 125 ppm, Ga = 49.8 ppm, Ge = 104 ppm, Ir = 12 ppb. This meteorite is similar in composition to Santa Luzia, which was also found in a river, but several 100 km from Indianópolis. It is possible that the two meteorites are paired and that transport by indigenous people has occurred. Specimens: main mass unknown; 1.26 kg, Bart; 0.23 kg, USP. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
USP: Museu de Geociências - USP
Rua do Lago, 562
CEP: 05508-080
Butantã - SP
Brazil, Brazil; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Oct 2022) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites from Minas Gerais, Brazil (plus 2 unapproved names) This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites from Brazil (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 7 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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