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Country: USA
State/District: New York, Cayuga Co.
Co-ordinates: 42°55'N, 76°47'W
Date of find: 1850
Total known weight: 4kg (approx.)
Number of pieces: 1
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Octahedrite, medium (1.1mm), heavily shocked and recrystallized
Shock Stage:
Weathering Stage:
Mineral Analyses:
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Seneca River
Metbase description: Show/Hide
A mass of about 9lb was found in digging a ditch, O.Root, Am. J. Sci., 1852, 14, p.439, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.441. Description, analysis, C.U.Shepard, Am. J. Sci., 1853, 15, p.363. Further analysis, 8.25% Ni, 21.1 ppm Ga, 42.8 ppm Ge, 0.25 ppm Ir, E.R.D.Scott et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.1957. Metallographic description; severely shocked, recrystallized to a strange structure, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.1101.
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