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Arbol Solo meteorite

Information about the name Name: Arbol Solo
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Information from the NHM Catalogue
and MetBase (identical): This meteorite was an

observed fall. Classification: H5
Year of fall: 1954 Country of origin: Argentina
Latitude: 33 S; Longitude: 66 W
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 32, Moscow (1964)
Find references in NASA ADS
Mass: 810 g
Writeup, from MB 32: Warning: the following text was
scanned and may contain character recognition
errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy.

Name: ARBOL SOLO.
The place of fall or discovery: Arbol Solo (small village),

Socoscora District, Belgrano Department, San Luis Province, Argentina. Date of fall or discovery: FALL, September 11, 1954, 21 hrs.
Class and type: STONY.

Number of individual specimens: Many specimens (meteorite shower): Total weight: Unknown.
Circumstances of the fall or discovery: After intensive brilliance and a noise
resembling a hailstorm, many stones meteorites were fallen; the trajectory of fall
was from east to west. In the following morning, stones were found
scattered, some of them in the yards of the houses, and in the corrals.
Several
stones remained in hands of particulars of the zone; specimen,
some 600 grs. in the University of Cuyo, Mendoza; an individual specimen, 165
grs., in the L. 0. Giacomelli Private Collection of Meteorites (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Source: Report of Dr. L. 0. Giacomelli (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in a letter VIII. 30 1964.

Viedma meteorite
Viedma Information about the name Name: Viedma This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Information from the NHM Catalogue: This meteorite is not listed in the Catalogue Information from MetBase: This meteorite was not observed to fall. Classification: L5 Year of find: 2003 Country of origin: Argentina Latitude: 41.0667 S; Longitude: 62.85 W

Baygorria meteorite
Baygorria Information about the name Name: Baygorria This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Information from the NHM Catalogue and MetBase (identical): This meteorite was not observed to fall. Classification: IAB
Year of find: 1994 Country of origin: Uruguay Latitude: 33 S; Longitude: 56 W References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 80, MAPS 31, A175-A180 (1996) Find references in NASA ADS Mass: 80 kg Writeup, from MB 80: Baygorria Río Negro Province, Uruguay Found 1994 July 8 Iron (IAB) A single mass, ~80 kg, was found in a grass field near Baygorria dam. Analysis (B. Spettel, Max Planck Inst. für Chemie, Mainz, Germany) and classification (F. Wlotzka, MPI, Mainz): Ni, 6.5%; Co, 0.43%; Ga 97.8 ppm; Ge, 10.9 ppm; Ir, 3.69 ppm; composition similar to Campo del Cielo. Specimens: main mass, contact Mr. J. Escomel, Roque Gra Seras 914, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay; type specimen, 4.6 g, MPI, Mainz.

Ternera meteorite
Ternera Information about the name Name: Ternera This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Information from the NHM Catalogue and MetBase (identical): This meteorite was not observed to fall. Classification: IVB Year of find: 1891 Country of origin: Chile Latitude: 27.3333 S; Longitude: 69.8 W

Tarapaca meteorite.
Tarapaca Information about the name Name: Tarapaca This is NOT an official name: Doubtful meteorite. There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Information from the NHM Catalogue and MetBase (identical): This meteorite was not observed to fall. Classification unknown. Year of find: 1889 Country of origin: Chile Latitude: 19.9667 S; Longitude: 69.6333 W

Tambo del Meteorito meteorite
Tambo del Meteorito Information about the name Name: Tambo del Meteorito This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Information from the NHM Catalogue: This meteorite is not listed in the Catalogue Information from MetBase: This meteorite was not observed to fall. Classification: H6 Year of find: 2002 Country of origin: Chile Latitude: 23.981 S; Longitude: 68.313 W

San Juan 002 meteorite
San Juan 002 Information about the name Name: San Juan 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Information from the NHM Catalogue: This meteorite is not listed in the Catalogue Information from MetBase: This meteorite was not observed to fall. Classification: H6 Year of find: 2002 Country of origin: Chile Latitude: 25.575 S; Longitude: 69.795 W

San Juan 001 meteorite
San Juan 001 Information about the name Name: San Juan 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Information from the NHM Catalogue: This meteorite is not listed in the Catalogue Information from MetBase: This meteorite was not observed to fall. Classification: L5 Year of find: 2001 Country of origin: Chile Latitude: 25.575 S; Longitude: 69.795 W

Edited by Majoska (02/05/06 11:36 AM)