GAG GAN

 

Gan Gan

Iron, Octahedrite

Group IVA

Specimen is a 1.23g slice



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Gan Gan
Basic information Name: Gan Gan
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.

Observed fall: No
Year found: 1984
Country: Argentina
Mass: 83 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:   MB 83   (1999)   IVA
Recommended:       Iron, IVA    

This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites ) classified as Iron, IVA.    [show all]

 
Writeuphelp Writeup from MB 83:
Gan Gan
Chubut, Argentina
Found 1984
Iron, fine octahedrite (IVA)
An 83 kg iron meteorite was found by a person collecting pine cones. Classification and description (J. Wasson, UCLA): bulk metal Co = 0.41 wt%, Ni = 9.12 wt%, Ga = 2.36 ppm, As = 12.1 ppm, Ir = 1.11 ppm, Au = 2.216 ppm. Specimens: 1.74 kg, Cilz; 29 kg, Schwade; 700 g, UCLA.
Institutions
   and collections
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 2011-10-17)
Cilz: Marlin Cilz, Montana Meteorite Lab, Box 1063, Malta, MT 59538, United States; Website (private address)
Schwade: James Schwade, 969 South Chicago St., Kankakee, IL 60901, United States (private address)

 

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