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| Basic information | Name: El Timbu This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1942 Country: Argentina Mass:  500 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites (plus 3 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. EL TIMBÚ, near the railways station Coronel Arnold, San Lorenzo department, Santa Fe province; (φ = 33°7'S, λ = 60°58'W). Found, 1942. Iron, (undescribed). 1 specimen, weight approximately 500 kg. The meteorite is well preserved; it was brought probably in the year of 1942, as a donation for the Dirección de Geologia y Mineria (Buenos Aires, Argentina). | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for El Timbu 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 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Santa Fe, Argentina This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Santa Fe I (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||