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| Basic information | Name: Suzemka This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Russia Mass:  9.4 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 70 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 30 Dec 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Suzemka 52°20.25’N, 34°3.24’E Bryanskaya oblast’, Russia Find: 18 Jul 2015 Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB complex) History: A single piece of iron was found by Mr. and Ms. Bitsyuk on the surface, near the road close to Suzemka in 2015. Physical characteristics: The meteorite has an irregular, approximately elliptical, but partly ragged shape; it is covered by a shell of carbonates and iron oxides. Fusion crust is not preserved. Total weigh is 9400 g. Petrography: the meteorite is composed of taenite with thin lamellae of kamacite and inclusions of troilite, shreibersite and rhabdites. Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: (N. N. Kononkova, Vernad) kamacite: Ni =7.95±0.22 (N=13), Co = 1.33±0.12 (N=13); taenite: Ni = 30.6±2.6 (N=21) (all in wt%); (ICP-AS, I. A. Gromyak, ICP-MS, E. S. Toropchenova, Vernad, bulk sample) Ni 22.7 wt.%, Co 0.49 wt.%; Au 3.00, Ga 5.25, Ge 10.1, Ir 0.03, Cr 9.82, W 0.06, As 25.4 (all in ppm). Classification: Iron, IAB complex, sHH sub-group. Specimens: A 1899 g sample and thick section are on deposit at Vernad. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Vernad: Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia (institutional address; updated 21 Feb 2016) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Bryanskaya oblast', Russia This is 1 of 148 approved meteorites from Russia (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 19 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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