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Name
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Structure Class
Iron
Chemical Class
IVA
Country
Namibia
Year found
1836
Mass
26 t
[Museum Collection]
(1) 18.7kg (2) 12.18kg (3) 9.15kg
(4) 7.77kg (5) 3.3kg (6) 1.89kg
DISCOVERY OF NICO IRON METEORITE, SOUTH WEST AFRICA Name: NICO. The place of fall or discovery: The farm of Nico near the railroad station of Asab, South West Africa; φ = 25°23' S, λ = 17°47" E. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1965. Class and type: IRON. Number of individual specimens: 1. Total weight: 25.2 kg and 9.5 kg . Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by the aborigens probably on the site of the fall. Source: Report of Dr. J. Zabringer (Heidelberg, Germany) in a letter, March 1, 1966.
Name
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Structure Class
Iron
Chemical Class
IVA
Country
Sweden
Year found
1906
Mass
230 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1)133kg (2)80.5kg (3)42.5kg (4)33kg
(5)9.9kg (6)6.2kg (7)5.5kg (8)2032g
MUONIONALUSTA II, Kitkiojöki, Norrbotten; 67°46'N, 23°15'E. FOUND, August 15, 1946. IRON, octahedrite of fine structure. 1 specimen, weight about 15 kg. The meteorite was discovered during the earthwork at a building site about 8 km to the east-southeast of the place where the Muonionalusta I iron meteorite was found in 1906. MUONIONALUSTA I reads: 67°54'N; 20°18'E should read: 67°48'N; 23°6'8. Source: List of meteorites and corrections made by K. Fredriksson (Stockholm) and received by E.L.Krinov in December 1960.DISCOVERY OF MUONIONALUSTA III IRON METEORITE, SWEDEN Name: MUONIONALUSTA III. The place of fall or discovery: About 3.5 km ENE of the village of Kitkiojoki, Sweden; φ = 67°47'N; λ = 23°21'E. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, June 7, 1963. Class and type: IRON; octahedrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 6.20 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by Mr. Carl Henriksson in excavated material used for the construction of a causeway. The meteorite is now in the possession of the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Stockholm, Sweden). Source: Report of Dr. F. E. Wickman (Stockholm, Sweden) in a letter, IX.20.1963.
