Maria da Fé meteorite
Maria da Fé is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IVA, that was found in Brazil in 1987. A total of 18 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Maria da Fé
- Classification
- Iron, IVA
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IVA
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1987
- Mass recovered
- 18 kg
- Country
- Brazil
- Coordinates
- 22.3000° S, 45.3667° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IVA irons.
Meteorites near Maria da Fé
- Itutinga Iron, IIIAB · 130 km away
- Angra dos Reis (stone) Angrite · 131 km away
- Barbacena Iron, ungrouped · 191 km away
- São João Nepomuceno Iron, IVA-an · 256 km away
Other IVA meteorites
- Ningbo China · 1975
- Northwest Africa 5289 · 2007
- Northwest Africa 959 · 2001
- Novorybinskoe Kazakhstan · 1937
- Obernkirchen Germany · 1863
- Otchinjau Angola · 1919