Guadalupe y Calvo meteorite
Guadalupe y Calvo is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIAB, that was found in Mexico in 1971. A total of 58.63 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Guadalupe y Calvo
- Classification
- Iron, IIAB
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIAB
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1971
- Mass recovered
- 58.63 kg
- Country
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 26.1000° N, 106.9667° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIAB irons.
Meteorites near Guadalupe y Calvo
- Bacubirito Iron, ungrouped · 87 km away
- Aldama (b) H5 · 152 km away
- Villa Natamoros L3.7 · 172 km away
- Abajo H5 · 173 km away
- Torreon de Mata L6 · 175 km away
- Ceniceros L3.7 · 178 km away
Other IIAB meteorites
- Elqui · 1990
- Lick Creek United States · 1879
- Nenntmannsdorf Germany · 1872
- Raghunathpura India · 1986
- Smithsonian Iron · 1881
- Alkhamasin Saudi Arabia · 1973