Grant meteorite
Grant is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIIAB, that was found in the United States in 1929. A total of 525 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Grant
- Classification
- Iron, IIIAB
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIIAB
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1929
- Mass recovered
- 525 kg
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.1667° N, 107.8833° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIIAB irons.
Meteorites near Grant
- Bluewater Iron, IIIAB · 13 km away
- Acomita Pallasite, PMG · 32 km away
- Thoreau Iron, IAB complex · 37 km away
- Correo H4 · 70 km away
- Suwanee Spring L5 · 70 km away
- Techado Iron, IIE · 82 km away
Other IIIAB meteorites
- Meteorite Hills 00409 Antarctica · 2000
- Red River United States · 1808
- Wimberley United States · 1976
- Chulafinnee United States · 1873
- Juromenha Portugal · 1968
- Meteorite Hills 00864 Antarctica · 2000
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