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The Bagnone iron meteorite (Tuscany, Italy): History, mineralogy, and chemical classification
Author(s) -
D'Orazio M.,
Folco L.,
Perchiazzi N.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
meteoritics and planetary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.09
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 1086-9379
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00348.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , geology , iron meteorite , mineralogy , geochemistry , chemical composition , mass spectrometry , chemistry , astrobiology , physics , organic chemistry , chromatography
— Bagnone, the largest Italian iron meteorite (48 kg), was found as a single mass at the beginning of the 20th century while ploughing a field close to the Bagnone Castle (Massa Carrara, northern Tuscany). The morphology of the external surface suggests that Bagnone represents a complete individual. It is classified as a medium octahedrite (average bandwidth = 0.96 mm) of the IIIAB chemical group, based on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analyses.