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| Basic information | Name: Buenaventura This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1969 Country: Mexico Mass:  113.6 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 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE BUENAVENTURA, MEXICO, IRON METEORITE Name : BUENAVENTURA Place of find: 5 miles S.W. of Buenaventura, Chihuahua, Mexico. 29°48'N., 107°33'W. Date of find: 1969, approximately. Class and type: Iron. Medium octahedrite (IIIB). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 113.6 kg Circumstances of find: Information scanty; the specimen was purchased by the University of California (Los Angeles) from Charles L. Thacker. Source: E.R.D. Scott, J.T. Wasson and R. Bild, 1977. Four new iron meteorite finds. Meteoritics 12, 425-435. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites from Chihuahua, Mexico (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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