| Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
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| Species: | Iron |
| Formula: | Fe |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Iron data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Messina meteorite, Upper Camaro Valley, Messina, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1080159 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1080159:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 18cecc4b-b701-4d96-940f-a37c9b7112e7 |
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| 51.3km (31.9 miles) | ⓘPatti meteorite, Patti, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF THE MESSINA (ITALY) CHONDRITE B. Baldanzaand M. Triscari Istituto...Universita di Messina 98/00 MESSINA, Italy The meteorite which fell near Messina, Italy, on /6 July /955...more than 42% of the meteorite by volume. Some unusual features ofthe fabric ofthis meteorite include silicate...silicates with fusion spots of dark glass containing blebs of metallic iron; iron and troilite with marginal...analysis. INTRODUCTION The second fall of a meteorite on Sicily (Baldanza, 1965) happened at about 13 |
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