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Country: USA
State/District: Missouri, St. Genevieve Co.
Co-ordinates: 37°58'N, 90°19'W
Date of find: 1888
Total known weight: 244.5kg
Number of pieces: 1
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Octahedrite, medium (0.5mm)
Shock Stage:
Weathering Stage:
Mineral Analyses:
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Abancay, Saint Genevieve County
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A large mass of 539lb was found in the extreme W portion of St. Genevieve County, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.418. Report and analysis, 7.98% Ni, H.A.Ward, Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci., 1901, 4, p.65. Description of structure, E.Cohen, Meteoritenkunde, 1905, 3, p.372. Abancay is a slice of St. Genevieve County; coordinates, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.1043, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.309. Nitrogen abundance, E.K.Gibson and C.B.Moore, GCA, 1971, 35, p.877. Analysis, 7.68% Ni, 6.86 ppm Ga, 0.775 ppm Ge, 2.0 ppm Ir, R.Schaudy et al., Icarus, 1972, 17, p.174. Chemical classification, E.R.D.Scott and J.T.Wasson, GCA, 1976, 40, p.103. Further analysis, E.R.D.Scott, GCA, 1978, 42, p.1243. Ca-41 data, M.Paul et al., Meteoritics, 1985, 20, p.726 (abs.). Sulfur isotopic composition of troilite, X.Gao and M.H.Thiemens, GCA, 1991, 55, p.2671; see also, LPSC, 1990, 21, p.401 (abs.); LPSC, 1989, 20, p.1221 (abs.).
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