Country: Spain
State/District: Zaragoza
Co-ordinates: 41° 39′ N 0° 52′ E
Date of find: 1950’s
Total known weight: 162kg
Number of pieces: 1
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Iron Meteorite (IVA-Anomalous, Fine Octahedrite (Of))
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History: The meteorite was purchased by Michael Farmer and Jim Strope in Paris, France from the widow of a mineral collector who purchased the meteorite in the 1950’s in Zaragoza, Spain.
Physical characteristics: The meteorite was an individual with a total mass of 162 kilograms. The surface of the
meteorite is regmaglypted, weathered, and reddish-brown.
Petrography: (D. Schrader,UAz) The meteorite is predominately Fe,Ni metal, with minor chromite and an unidentified Fe-Cr sulfide. The chromites are present as subhedral grains surrounded by Fe,Ni metal. The Fe-Cr sulfide is present as an elongated inclusion interspersed with Fe,Ni metal and cross-cut by Fe,Ni metal veins. One slice contains a small reddish inclusion, but not the type sample. The kamacite bandwidth is on the order of 0.2 to 0.3 mm.
Classification: Iron Meteorite (IVA-Anomalous, Fine Octahedrite (Of))
Type specimens: A total of 160.75 g of sample are on deposit at UAz. M. Farmer holds the main mass.
Specimen ID: Zaragoza01
Description: etched partslice
Weight: 12.4 gr.
Size: 49 x 24 x 1-2 mm
Price: US-$ 100.--
