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| Basic information | Name: Jaralito This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1977 Country: Mexico Mass:  11.14 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 120 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 57:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE JARALITO, MEXICO, IRON METEORITE Name: JARALITO Place of find: Close to Jaralito, Durango, Mexico 26°15'57"N., 103°53'06"W. Date of find: September, 1977. Class and type: Iron. Coarse octahedrite (1.9 mm), group IIICD. Ni = 6.52%. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 11.138 kg. Circumstances of find: Found by A. Acosta while on his way to work in fields. The outer surface is lightly weathered and covered with regmaglypts. Source: J.T. Wasson, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 57, Meteoritics 15, 93-104 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Durango, Mexico This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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