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| Basic information | Name: Acuña This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1981 Country: Mexico Mass:  217.7 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ACUNA, MEXICO, IRON METEORITE Name: ACUNA Place of find: Near Sonora, Coahuila, Mexico 29°19'N., 100°58'W Date of find: 1981 Class and type: Iron. Octahedrite, fine (IVA). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 217.7 kg Circumstances of find: Not reported. Main mass now in Denver, American Meteorite Laboratory. Source: G.I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, PO. Box 2098, Denver, Colorado 80201, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Coahuila, Mexico This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Acunya (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||