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LOT 2469
Natural History - Nuevo Mercurio Fall Meteorite
2 in. (102 grams, 52 mm).
A H5 chondrite showing some regmaglypts and primary fusion crust. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Nuevo Mercurio, Mexico, 1978.
Footnotes
The fall was strewn across an area about 10 km north of the village of Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico, 250 km South West of Monterrey. A bright fireball, travelling North East to South West and visible over a radius of at least 200 km, exploded over north-central Mexico and scattered meteorites over an elliptical area more than 10 km in length. Only 5 kg of material has been found to date.
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