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Country: USA
State/District: New York, Niagara Co.
Co-ordinates: 43°12'N, 78°48'W (approx.)
Date of find: 1818
Total known weight: 16.3kg
Number of pieces: 1
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Ungrouped iron, octahedrite, fine (0.48mm)
Shock Stage:
Weathering Stage: partly recrystallized, plastic deformation, Cambria grouplet
Mineral Analyses:
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Lockport
Metbase description: Show/Hide
A mass of 36lb was turned up by the plow, B.Silliman, Am. J. Sci., 1845, 48, p.388. Analysis, 10.65% Ni, C.Rammelsberg, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1870, p.444, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.80. Vanadium content of troilite, T.A.Linn,Jr. et al., GCA, 1968, 32, p.561. Chemically anomalous iron, analysis, 10.17% Ni, 11.1 ppm Ga, 1.52 ppm Ge, 0.88 ppm Ir, J.T.Wasson and R.Schaudy, Icarus, 1971, 14, p.59. Nitrogen abundance in metal and troilite, E.K.Gibson and C.B.Moore, GCA, 1971, 35, p.877. Metallographic description, oriented troilite, plastic deformation, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.369. Nitrogen isotopic composition, C.A.Prombo and R.N.Clayton, GCA, 1993, 57, p.3749.
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