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| Basic information | Name: Nuevo Mercurio This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1978 Country: Mexico Mass:  50 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12023 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 57:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE NUEVO MERCURIO, MEXICO, STONY METEORITE Name: NUEVO MERCURIO Place of fall: About 10 km N. of the village of Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico, 250 km SW. of Monterrey. 24.30°N., 102.13°W., coordinates of the centre of the strewn-field. Date of fall: December 15, 1978, 1850 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). Olivine Fa17.3. Number of individual specimens: More than 300. Total weight: Not known, over 5 kg recovered to date. Circumstances of fall: A bright fireball, traveling NE. to SW. and visible over a radius of at least 200 km, exploded over north-central Mexico and scattered meteorites over an elliptical area more than 10 km in length. Source: Prof. R. Trevino, Escobedo 336 Sur, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. See also K. Fredriksson et al., 1979. The Nuevo Mercurio, Mexico, chondrite. Meteoritics 14, abs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 57, Meteoritics 15, 93-104 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 14 approved meteorites from Zacatecas, Mexico This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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