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Shipping in the USA $5.25International shipping $12.00 About this particular meteorite from the Meteoritical Bulletin:Muonionalusta Basic informationName: Muonionalusta
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1906
Country: Sweden
Mass: 230 kg
Classification
history:Meteoritical Bulletin:MB 20(1961)Iron-fine octahedriteNHM Catalogue:5th Edition(2000)IVAMetBase:v. 7.1(2006)IVARecommended:Iron, IVA [explanation]
This is 1 of 72 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA.[show all]
Search for other: IVA irons, Metal-rich meteorites, and Iron meteorites
WriteupWriteup from MB 20:
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MUONIONALUSTA II, Kitkiojöki, Norrbotten; 67°46\'N, 23°15\'E.
FOUND, August 15, 1946.
IRON, octahedrite of fine structure.
1 specimen, weight about 15 kg.
The meteorite was discovered during the earthwork at a building site about 8 km to the east-southeast of the place where the Muonionalusta I iron meteorite was found in 1906.
Writeup from MB 20:
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MUONIONALUSTA I reads: 67°54\'N; 20°18\'E should read: 67°48\'N; 23°6\'8.
Source: List of meteorites and corrections made by K. Fredriksson (Stockholm) and received by E.L.Krinov in December 1960.
Writeup from MB 28:
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Buchwald The following entries were found for Muonionalusta in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
- Entry for Muonionalusta, volume 3, page 865
Catalogs:Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.): Require SI photoSearch for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.): Require NHM photo References:Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 20, Moscow (1961)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 28, Moscow (1963)
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