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Country: USA
State/District: New Mexico, Eddy Co.
Co-ordinates: 32°55'N, 104°40'W (approx.)
Date of find: 1890, (about)
Total known weight: 237.2kg
Number of pieces: 1
Classification:
Type: Octahedrite, medium (1.0mm)
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Badger Eddy County
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A mass of 523lb was found on the E slope of the Sacramento Mountains, 23 miles SW of Badger, W.M.Foote, Am. J. Sci., 1897, 3, p.65, H.L.Preston, Am. J. Sci., 1900, 9, p.284, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.416. Trace element contents, E.Goldberg et al., GCA, 1951, 2, p.1. Nitrogen abundance, E.K.Gibson and C.B.Moore, GCA, 1971, 35, p.877. Further analysis, 7.82% Ni, 19.2 ppm Ga, 36.6 ppm Ge, 6.7 ppm Ir, E.R.D.Scott et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.1957. Description, location unknown, year of find, severe and complex deformation, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.1037, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.308. 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.). Nitrogen isotopic composition, I.A.Franchi et al., GCA, 1993, 57, p.3105. Oxygen isotopic composition, R.N.Clayton and T.K.Mayeda, GCA, 1996, 60, p.1999. Origin and chemical composition of chromite inclusions, J.T.Wasson et al., GCA, 1999, 63, p.1219.
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