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Gibeon

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.

Munionalusta

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.

Zaragoza

Name

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Structure Class

Iron

Chemical Class

IVA-an

Country

Spain

Year found

1950s

Mass

162 kg

[Museum Collection]

(1) 23.0g   (2) 22.3g

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