Colorado Springs meteorite
Colorado Springs is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in the United States in 1950.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Colorado Springs
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1950
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 38.8333° N, 104.8333° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Colorado Springs
- Franceville Iron, IIIAB · 19 km away
- Ellicott Iron, IAB-ung · 23 km away
- Elbert LL6 · 51 km away
- Canon City H6 · 54 km away
- Guffey Iron, ungrouped · 60 km away
- Fremont Butte L4 · 69 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Blue Tier Australia · 1890
- Tulia (iron) United States · 1969
- Palinshih China · 1914
- Lebedinnyi Russia · 1925
- Gerzeh Egypt · 1911
- Campo de Pucara (iron) Argentina · 1879