Zapata County meteorite
Zapata County is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in the United States in 1930.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Zapata County
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1930
- Mass recovered
- —
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 27.0000° N, 99.0000° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Zapata County
- Nuevo Laredo Eucrite-mmict · 74 km away
- Cruz del Aire Iron, ungrouped · 114 km away
- La Villa H4 · 136 km away
- Calliham L6 · 174 km away
- El Paso de Aguila H5 · 244 km away
- Nordheim Iron, ungrouped · 248 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Clinton United States · 1950
- Wei-hui-fu (b) · 1931
- Pei Xian China · 1917
- Los Sauces Argentina · 1937
- Guizhou China
- Czestochowa Rakow I Poland