Find · Iron

Asarco Mexicana meteorite

Asarco Mexicana is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIIAB, that was found.

Illustration of an iron meteorite
Illustration of an iron meteorite. No photograph of Asarco Mexicana has been published yet.

Key facts

Name
Asarco Mexicana
Classification
Iron, IIIAB
Type
Iron
Group
IIIAB
Fall or find
Find
Year
Not recorded
Mass recovered
—
Country
Not recorded
Coordinates
Not recorded

What is an iron?

Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIIAB irons.

Other IIIAB meteorites

All 292 IIIAB meteorites →