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| Basic information | Name: Santiago Papasquiero This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1958 Country: Mexico Mass:  119.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 149 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Ungrouped irons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 33:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF SANTIAGO PAPASQUIERO, MEXICO. Name: SANTIAGO PAPASQUIERO. The place of fall or discovery: 133 km southwest of the village of Santiago Papasquiero, Durango, Mexico. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, about 1958; brought to scientific notice in 1964. Class and type: IRON, hexahedrite (?). Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 119.5 kg. Circumstances of fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by J. Silva while chopping wood. The meteorite is preserved in the collections of Arizona State University (Tempe, USA). Source: Report of Dr. Ch. F. Lewis (Tempe, USA) in a letter, 11.9 1965. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Santiago Papasquiero in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 33, Moscow (1965)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Durango, Mexico This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Santiago Papasquiaro (Actual spelling of town; Buchwald 1975) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||