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| Basic information | Name: Dutch Flat This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: United States Mass:  48.8 g | ||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 145 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 88:
Dutch Flat Mohave County, Arizona Found 2002 March 3 Iron (IIAB) A single specimen weighing 48.80 g was found by Joshua J. Vick and Michael K. Phillips using a metal detector while searching for gold in an Arizona dry wash. Classification (J. Wasson, UCLA): Low-iridium IIAB iron. Trace element analysis: Co 4.89 mg/g, Ni 57.8 mg/g, Cu 112 µg/g, Ga 55.5 µg/g, As 9.04 µg/g, W 0.82 µg/g, Ir 0.021 µg/g, Au 1.030 µg/g. The observed composition is very similar to that of the widely distributed Sikhote-Alin, but also the Ainsworth iron. Specimens: type specimen, 12.43 g, UCLA; main mass, 34.75 g, RMatson. | ||||||||||||
| 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) RMatson: Rob Matson, 1 Veneto, Newport Coast, CA 92657, United States (private address; updated 22 May 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 178 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1885 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||
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