Specimen #2209
Name: Uruacu Meteorite
Type: Meteorite
Locality: Uruaçu, Goiás, Brazil
Favorite? N
Fluorescent? N
Size: 12.8 x 19.3 x 0.4 cm
Weight: 500
Acquired: 2011-02-07
Source: Brazilian Dealer, Tucson
Label: N
Comment: Found in 1992. It is classified as an Iron, (IAB) octahedrite. Uruacu is chemically similar to Campo del Cielo, however structurally it is not at all similar. It is a schreibersite and cohenite rich IAB that is extremely stable, and has beautiful etch patterns full of Neumann lines.
Minerals: Iron (Fe)
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