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| Basic information | Name: Saint Augustine This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1974 Country: United States Mass:  22 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IID. [show all] Search for other: IID irons, Metal-rich meteorites, and Iron meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Saint Augustine Knox County, Illinois, USA Found 1974 Spring Iron (IID) A 22 kg (49 lb) iron meteorite and a second mass that was subsequently lost were found by Wayne Berry while he was digging fence-post holes. The meteorite was recognized in 1999 by Allen Shaw. Classification and description (J. Wasson, UCLA): bulk metal composition, Co = 0.67 wt%, Ni = 9.84 wt%, Ga = 75.4 ppm, As = 4.66 ppm, Ir = 19.4 ppm, Au = 0.608 ppm. Specimens: main mass, AShaw; type specimen, 66 g, UCLA. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
AShaw: Allen Shaw, P.O. Box 13166, Edwardsville, KS 66113, USA (private address) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites from Illinois, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 1539 approved meteorites from United States (plus 33 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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