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| Basic information | Name: Purmela This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1977 Country: United States Mass:  4.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIF. [show all] Search for other: IIF irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 21 Sep 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB online:
Purmela 29°30′N, 98°3′W Coryell County, Texas, USA Find: 10 January 1977 Iron (IIF) History: Calvin Perryman recovered one 4.5 kg mass on a farm road. Petrography and Geochemistry: (M. McGehee, ASU; J. Wasson, UCLA) Metal composition determined by INAA, Ni = 107, Co = 6.2 (both mg/g), Ga = 14, As = 4.3, Ir = 11 (all µg/g). Discontinuous kamacite spindles (<2 mm wide) are visible on an etched surface. The metal also contains troilite nodules (<1 mm to ~18 mm wide). Classification: Iron IIF, plessitic octahedrite. Specimens: A 406.3 g type specimen is on deposit at ASU. M. Jones holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB90 Table 4 Line 16: |
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| Institutions and collections |
ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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