Locality type:

Meteorite Fall Location

Classification

Species:

Copper

Formula:

Comments:

Copper usually found in metal according to Rubin(1994).

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Locality Data:

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1078922

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1078922:1

GUID (UUID V4):

bf408937-f39b-448b-99aa-3a013e63f26c

Nearest other occurrences of Copper

40.6km (25.2 miles)

72.1km (44.8 miles)

78.2km (48.6 miles)

88.2km (54.8 miles)

References

Ramdohr, Paul (1972) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783112651025

Rubin, A.E. (1994) Metallic copper in ordinary chondrites. Meteoritics, 29 (1), 93-98 (Jan 1994).

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	Bowman, H. L., Clarke, H. E. (1910) On the structure and composition of the Chandakapur meteoric stone. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 15 (72) 350-376 doi:10.1180/minmag.1910.015.72.02	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Oxford is 1839 grams. With a specimen of the meteorite sent to H. J. Brooke by G. B. Sowerby in 1848...him. I have ascertained that fragments of the meteorite exist at the present time in the following collections...various constituent minerals present ill the meteorite, the methods adopted by Mr. L. Fletcher 1 in the...Mercuric Solution. w 4. Iron, nickel, cobalt, and copper alldissolve readily in solutions of mercuric chloride...could readily be determined in the ease of a meteorite free from rust when mercuric extraction was commenced
	*Evans, I. O. (1972) Rocks, Minerals & Gemstones. Hamlyn, London.*	Book
	flint was superseded as the chief raw material by copper, bronze, iron, steel and a host of other metals...wealth, probably attracted attention even before copper. The rocks also became the great source of water...refine gold; where iron is won from the earth and copper smelted from the ore; the end of the seam lies...stacked to dry is used as a low-grade fuel in Ireland and elsewhere. Left undisturbed and subjected to...state. This is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Below Resistant sills composed of immense masses

Copper from Limerick meteorite, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland