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| Basic information | Name: Maria da Fé This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1987 Country: Brazil Mass:  18 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Maria da Fé Minas Gerais, Brazil Found 1987 Iron, fine octahedrite (group IVA) An 18 kg iron meteorite was found by Benedito Silva, who was plowing a field. Classification and analysis (M. E. Zucolotto, MNRJ; J. T. Wasson, UCLA): bulk metal Co = 0.38 wt%, Ni = 7.45 wt%, Cu = 139 ppm, Ga = 1.68 ppm, As = 2.16 ppm, Ir = 3.78 ppm, Au = 0.615 ppm. Specimens: main mass, D. B. Ninis, Maria da Fé, Brazil; type specimen, 90 g, MNRJ. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
MNRJ: Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20940-040, Brazil (institutional address; updated 26 Dec 2011) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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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 22 approved meteorites from Minas Gerais, Brazil (plus 2 unapproved names) This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites from Brazil (plus 6 unapproved names) (plus 7 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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