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Country: Brazil
State/District: Minas Gerais, Curvelo
Co-ordinates: 18°56'30"S, 44°59'W
Date of find: 1922
Total known weight: 59kg
Number of pieces: 1
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Ungrouped iron, octahedrite, medium (0.7mm)
Shock Stage:
Weathering Stage:
Mineral Analyses:
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: not known
Metbase description: Show/Hide
A mass of 130lb was found 10 miles SW of Piedade do Bagre, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.381. Description, with an analysis, L.J.Spencer, Min. Mag., 1930, 22, p.271 (M.A.4-422). Not part of the Curvello fall; has an anomalously small bandwidth, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.973, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.284. Chemically anomalous, 7.51% Ni, 15.1 ppm Ga, 25.7 ppm Ge, 11 ppm Ir, E.R.D.Scott et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.1957. Nitrogen isotopic composition, C.A.Prombo and R.N.Clayton, GCA, 1993, 57, p.3749.
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