Patos de Minas (hexahedrite) meteorite
Patos de Minas (hexahedrite) is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIAB, that was found in Brazil in 1925. A total of 32 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Patos de Minas (hexahedrite)
- Classification
- Iron, IIAB
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIAB
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1925
- Mass recovered
- 32 kg
- Country
- Brazil
- Coordinates
- 18.5833° S, 46.5333° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIAB irons.
Meteorites near Patos de Minas (hexahedrite)
- Patos de Minas (octahedrite) Iron, IAB complex · 0 km away
- Indianópolis Iron, IIAB · 151 km away
- Piedade do Bagre Iron, ungrouped · 168 km away
- Conquista H4 · 177 km away
- Pirapora Iron, IIAB · 216 km away
- Ibitira Eucrite-mmict · 225 km away
Other IIAB meteorites
- Derrick Peak A78009 Antarctica · 1978
- Elqui · 1990
- Lake Murray United States · 1933
- Negrillos Chile · 1936
- Raghunathpura India · 1986
- Smithsonian Iron · 1881
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