Sakauchi meteorite, Ibigawa-cho, Ibi District, Gifu Prefecture, Japani
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Sakauchi meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
Ibigawa-cho | Town |
Ibi District | District |
Gifu Prefecture | Prefecture |
Japan | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 40' North , 136° 18' East
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Mindat Locality ID:
263599
Long-form identifier:
1:2:263599:9
GUID (UUID V4):
a325e8b2-9492-4428-bf17-a1e43cc818b3
Iron meteorite, hexahedrite (unclassified iron)
Fall, 13 April 1913; 4.18 kg
This small iron meteorite is one of several witnessed listed iron falls that are presently incompletely classified. Sakauchi itself will remain unclassified as it has been lost. As a hexahedrite, kamacite was necessarily present. While Sakauchi may have been a Type IIAB iron meteorite (almost all known hexahedrites have classified as such), its recording here has only statistical significance.
Only 49 witnessed falls of iron meteorites had been reported by the end of 2014. Unfortunately, four of them (Bulls Run, Mariaville, Tyumen, and Sakauchi) appear to be lost — probably forever. One of the oddities of meteoritics is that the very impressive iron meteorites that so many of us have seen in museums are so rarely seen to fall (~4% of all witnessed meteorite falls).
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1 valid mineral.
Meteorite/Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ Iron Formula: Fe Reference: Grady, M. M. (2000) Catalogue of Meteorites (5/e). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, New York, Oakleigh, Madrid, Cape Town. 690 pages. |
ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) Reference: Grady, M. M. (2000) Catalogue of Meteorites (5/e). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, New York, Oakleigh, Madrid, Cape Town. 690 pages. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
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ⓘ | Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
ⓘ | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Fe | Iron | |
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Fe | ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
Fe | ⓘ Iron | Fe |
Ni | Nickel | |
Ni | ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Grady, M. M. (2000) Catalogue of Meteorites (5/e). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, New York, Oakleigh, Madrid, Cape Town. 690 pages.
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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php = Meteoritical Bulletin Database
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