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| Basic information | Name: Gibeon This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1836 Country: Namibia Mass:  26 t | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 86 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 36:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. [Description of paired specimen:]
DISCOVERY OF NICO IRON METEORITE, SOUTH WEST AFRICA Name: NICO. The place of fall or discovery: The farm of Nico near the railroad station of Asab, South West Africa; φ = 25°23' S, λ = 17°47" E. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1965. Class and type: IRON. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 25.2 kg and 9.5 kg <iron-shale>. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by the aborigens probably on the site of the fall. Source: Report of Dr. J. Zabringer (Heidelberg, Germany) in a letter, March 1, 1966. | ||||||||||||||||
| Buchwald | The following entries were found for Gibeon 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. 36, Moscow (1966) reprinted Met. 5, 85-109 (1970)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Namaland, Namibia This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Namibia (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Alexander (In NHM Cat) Amalia Farm (In NHM Cat) Bethany (In NHM Cat) Cabaya (In NHM Cat) Coamus Farm (In NHM Cat) Cobaya (In NHM Cat) Damaraland (In NHM Cat) Donas (In NHM Cat) Elandsburg (In NHM Cat) Enos (From MetBase) Fish River (In NHM Cat) Fransfontein (In NHM Cat) Ganigobis (From MetBase) Garinais (From MetBase) Gibon (In NHM Cat) Goamus Farm (In NHM Cat) Great Fish River (In NHM Cat) Great Namaqualand (In NHM Cat) Gröndorn (In NHM Cat) Grossnamaqualand (In NHM Cat) Haruchas (In NHM Cat) Hunsrück (From MetBase) Kameelhaar (In NHM Cat) Kamkas (In NHM Cat) Keetmanshoop (In NHM Cat) Kinas Putts (In NHM Cat) Lichtenfels (In NHM Cat) Lion River (In NHM Cat) Litchenfels (In NHM Cat) Löwenfluss (In NHM Cat) Lüderitz (From MetBase) Mukerop (In NHM Cat) Namaqualand (In NHM Cat) Nico (In NHM Cat) Springbok River (In NHM Cat) Springputs (From MetBase) Transvaal (In NHM Cat) Tsess (In NHM Cat) Wild (In NHM Cat) Windhoek (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||