[meteorite-list] AD: Soledade iron

[André Moutinho]

Hello all,

Have put some soledade slices on ebay:

Soledade 9g slice
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOLEDADE-METEORITE-Very-Rare-Brazilian-Iron-/330608588046?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf9ceb50e

Soledade 20.7g slice
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOLEDADE-METEORITE-Very-Rare-Brazilian-Iron-/330608587591?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf9ceb347

Name: SOLEDADE
Place of find: Soledade, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. 
29°3'S., 51°26'W.
Date of find: before 1982
mass and type: Iron. Octahedrite, coarse (3 mm). (IAB).
Number of individual
specimens: 1
Total weight: 68 kg
Circumstances of find: A single 68 kg mass was discovered in a garage near Soledade City, Brazil where it was being heated with an acetylene torch and hammered. 6.7% Ni; 98.5 ppm Ga; 420 ppm Ge. Main mass in private hands. 
Source: (M. E. Zucolotto, Programa de PosGraduacao em Geologia, Instituto de Geosciences, Cidade Universitaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; H. Grunewaldt, C. P. 30, Arrio do Meio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; J. T. Wasson, Inst. of Geophysics, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA)

Thanks
Andre
IMCA 2731