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The Eaton, Colorado, Meteorite: Introducing a New Type
Author(s) -
Nininger H. H.
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
contributions of the society for research on meteorites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2813
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1943.tb00163.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , metallurgy , nickel , geology , astrobiology , materials science , physics
This paper contains an account of a 29.547‐g. coppery nugget reported to have been observed to fall in May, 1931, at Eaton, Weld Co., Colorado (coördinate number = 1047,405), that the writer is able to explain only on the hypothesis that the specimen is a meteorite of an entirely new type (copper‐zinc‐lead), coördinate with the sideritic variety (or nickel‐irons).