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Iron from
Pinto Mountains meteorite, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Iron
Formula:Fe
Comments:Mixed with troilite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Iron data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pinto Mountains meteorite, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1003298
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1003298:3
GUID (UUID V4):004edc91-61d0-40bb-bafa-ceb3b98c1e60
References
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 59.
La Paz, Lincoln (1955), A preliminary report on the Pinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, chondrite (CN=1161, 337): Meteorites: 1: 295-299
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Reference Search (possible matching items)
LaPaz, Lincoln (1955) A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE PINTO MOUNTAINS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CHONDRITE (CN = 1161,337:)*. Meteoritics, 1 (3) 295-299 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1955.tb01351.x
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E P O R T O N T H E P I N T O MOUNTAINS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, C H O N D R I T E (CN = 1161,337:)’...the Pinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, chondrite (CN = 1161,337:), the 14th meteorite found...found in California, and the largest aerolite so far recovered in that state and preserved. A description...description is given of the surface features of the Pinto Mountains stone and also of the fault-surfaces and the...of this meteorite. On the basis of the features described, it is concluded that Pinto Mountains is a crystalline
 
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