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| Basic information | Name: Mrirt This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1937 Country: Morocco Mass:  79.9 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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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 40:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. MRIRT, in the neighbourhood of Mrirt 25 km north-east of Khenifra, Morocco, North Africa; φ = 33°8'N, λ = 5°34'W. FOUND, 1937 or 1938. IRON. 1 specimen, weight 79.9 kg, 47 X 13 cm. Entire mass in the Museum of the Geological Survey of Morocco. Source: report of Dr. M. H. Hey (London, England) in a letter 111.7 1967, and an article: C. Gaudefroy and J. Lucas, Notes Serv. Geol., Maroc., tome 12, p. 162, 1955. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Mrirt 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. 40, Moscow (1967) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 62 approved meteorites from Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco This is 1 of 2012 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 35 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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