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| Basic information | Name: Laguna Manantiales This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1945 Country: Argentina Mass:  92 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 102 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as Iron. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 24:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. LAGUNA MANANTIALES, Deseado department, Santa Cruz Province; (φ = 48°35'S, λ = 67°25'W). Found, 1945. Iron, (undescribed). 1 specimen, weight 92 kg. The meteorite was found by a rancher in a field. It is reserved by his owner. Source: List and data on new Argentine meteorites not included in the Prior Hey catalogue, 1953, compiled by Dr. L. O. Giacomelli and sent to E. L. Krinov in letter of May 3, 1962. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Laguna Manantiales 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. 24, Moscow (1962)
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Santa Cruz, Argentina This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Laguna de los Manantiales (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||