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| Basic information | Name: Tinnie This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1978 Country: United States Mass:  15.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IVB. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVB irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Tinnie Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA Found 1978, recognized 1999 Iron meteorite (IVB) A 15.3 kg iron meteorite was found on a hilltop by a graduate student doing research on Barbary Sheep. Classification and analysis (J. Wasson, UCLA): a plessitic ataxite with numerous vugs up to 1 cm in diameter; bulk composition, Co = 0.79%, Ni = 18.4%, Cu = 4 ppm, Ga = 0.34 ppm, Ir = 16 ppm, Au = 0.14 ppm. Specimens: 5.9 kg, MFarmer; 5.3 kg, Killgore; 92 g, ASU; type specimen, 53 g, UCLA. | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) MFarmer: Michael Farmer, P.O. Box 86059, Tucson, AZ 85754-6059, United States; Website (private address) Killgore: Marvin and Kitty Killgore, Southwest Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 95, Payson, AZ 85547, United States; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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