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| Basic information | Name: Uruachic This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1989 Country: Mexico Mass:  13 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 351 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Uruachic Chihuahua, Mexico Found 1989 Iron, medium octahedrite (IIIAB) A single mass weighing 13 kg was found. Classification and analysis, 8.26% Ni, 19.1 ppm Ga, 3.28 ppm Ir, John T. Wasson, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. Main mass with Robert Haag, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Information, A. L. Graham, The Natural History Museum, London SW5 51313, London, UK. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites from Chihuahua, Mexico (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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