Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
Classification |
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Species: | Iron |
Formula: | Fe |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Iron data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Richmond meteorite, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1033238 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1033238:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | bcfda58e-951a-4925-a53d-4a4ebcb6ad26 |
Nearest other occurrences of Iron |
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81.4km (50.6 miles) | ⓘSharps meteorite, Henrico County, Virginia, USA |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (issue) | Vol. 20 August 1974 No. 3 METEORITES OF VIRGINIA F. B. Hoffer A meteoroid is any naturally occurring...meteoroid passes through the atmosphere. The term meteorite is used for any solid object (meteoroid) that...essentially of nickel-iron alloys or silicate minerals. When composed chiefly of iron and nickel, they are...stones. Meteorites that are a mixture of stone and iron are called siderolites or stony-irons. More than...(1) Irons (siderite$-composed almost wholly of the iron-nickel minerals kamacite and taenite; may also contain |
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