Carbo meteorite
Carbo is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IID, that was found in Mexico in 1923. A total of 454 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Carbo
- Classification
- Iron, IID
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IID
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1923
- Mass recovered
- 454 kg
- Country
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 29.6667° N, 111.5000° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IID irons.
Meteorites near Carbo
- La Ciénega H6 · 73 km away
- El Tiro (meteorite) Unclassified · 75 km away
- Puerto Libertad L · 117 km away
- Arispe Iron, IC · 164 km away
- Moctezuma Iron, IAB-sLL · 178 km away
- Cumpas Iron, IIIAB · 181 km away
Other IID meteorites
- Richa Nigeria · 1960
- Puquios Chile · 1885
- Northeast Africa 002 · 2004
- Needles United States · 1962
- N'Kandhla South Africa · 1912
- Mount Ouray United States · 1898