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| Basic information | Name: Fairfield This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1974 or 1982 Country: United States Mass:  1600 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 120 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Fairfield Butler County, Ohio, USA Found 1974 September Iron, coarse octahedrite (IIICD) An iron mass of 1600 g was found by Mr. Roy Ballinger among material dredged by the American Materials Company from 120 feet depth in a gravel pit in Pleistocene glacial deposits. Several other iron specimens may have been recovered at later times. Classification and analysis (Choi et al., 1995): Ga = 78.4 ppm; Ge = 329 ppm; Ir = 1.79 ppm; Ni = 6.61 wt%. Specimens: 746 g, MUO; 152 g, UCLA. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) MUO: Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, United States (institutional address) |
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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 12 approved meteorites from Ohio, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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