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Ceniceros meteorite, Cienega de Ceniceros, Durango, Mexicoi
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Cienega de CenicerosVillage
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
26° 28' 0'' North , 105° 13' 60'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
26.46667,-105.23333
GeoHash:
G#: 9stnt657t
GRN:
N18W67
Type:
Meteorite Fall Location
Meteorite Class:
L3.7 chondrite meteorite
Meteoritical Society Class:
L3.7
Metbull:
View entry in Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Torreón de Cañas885 (2018)11.0km
Las Pilas105 (2018)13.9km
San Pedro121 (2018)15.3km
Canutillo614 (2018)16.9km
La Haciendita del EspĂ­ritu Santo183 (2013)21.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
266560
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:266560:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Ordinary chondrite, unequilibrated (L3.7)
Fall, 20 August 1988; 1025 g

A single stone fell and was recovered later that day by a farmer. The highly unequilibrated olivine (Fa 1-30) is characteristic of type 3 unequilibrated chondrites. Bulk iron content (~29%) is at the high end for L (low iron) ordinary chondrites. Very little has appeared in easily accessible web venues although fragments of over 100 g have been held at several museums.

While 51 stones are classified as L3.7 chondrites at the Meteoritical Bulletin Database, only 2 — Ceniceros and Mezö-Madaras, an 1852 fall — are witnessed falls (as of Sept 2015).

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References

(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database. The International Society for Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
www.lpi.usra.edu (n.d.) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=5306
www.lpi.usra.edu (n.d.) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5628426
Andrew L. Graham, Editor (1990). Meteoritical Bulletin. Meteoritics 25 , #1, 59-70. (March 1990).
Grady, Monica (2000) Catalogue of Meteorites (5th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Menzies, O. N., Bland, P.A., Berry, F.J. & Cressy, G, (2005) A Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study of ordinary chondrites: Quantification of modal mineralogy and implications for redox conditions during metamorphism. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40(7):1023-1042. (July 2005).
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