Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Pirapora

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Pirapora

Basic information

Name: Pirapora
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1888
Country: Brazil
Mass: 6.18 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 8	(1958)	Unknown
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IIAB
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IIA
Recommended:			Iron, IIAB [explanation]

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Writeup

Writeup from MB 8:
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PIRAPORA, Brazil, ?

Literature: 1. F. Leonard. A Classificational Catalog of the meteoritic falls of the World, 1956, p.8.

Bibliography:

Leonard F.C. (1956) A classificational catalog of the meteoritic falls of the world. University of California Press, Berkeley, (link)

Buchwald

The following entries were found for Pirapora in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]

Entry for Pirapora, volume 3, page 981

Entry for synonym Angra dos Reis (iron), volume 2, page 261

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 8, Moscow (1958)

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Geography:

Brazil

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(17° 18'S, 45° 0'W)
Recommended::	(17° 18'S, 45° 0'W)

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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Synonyms

Angra dos Reis (iron) (In NHM Cat)

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