Silver Crown meteorite
Silver Crown is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IAB-MG, that was found in the United States in 1887. A total of 11.6 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Silver Crown
- Classification
- Iron, IAB-MG
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IAB-MG
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1887
- Mass recovered
- 11.6 kg
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 41.2333° N, 104.9833° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IAB irons.
Meteorites near Silver Crown
- Albin (stone) L · 77 km away
- Pine Bluffs H · 77 km away
- Albin (pallasite) Pallasite, PMG · 79 km away
- Briggsdale Iron, IIIAB · 84 km away
- Hawk Springs H5 · 84 km away
- Bushnell H4 · 91 km away
Other IAB-MG meteorites
- Linwood United States · 1940
- Uruaçu Brazil · 1992
- Dungannon United States · 1922
- Pecora Escarpment 91003 Antarctica · 1991
- Bogou Burkina Faso · 1962
- Mount Ayliff South Africa · 1907