Tlacotepec meteorite

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Tlacotepec

Type	Iron
Structural classification	Octahedrite
Group	IVB
Country	Mexico
Coordinates	18°39′N 97°33′W / 18.650°N 97.550°W / 18.650; -97.550Coordinates: 18°39′N 97°33′W / 18.650°N 97.550°W / 18.650; -97.550
Observed fall	No
Found date	1903
TKW	71 kilograms (157 lb)

The Tlacotepec meteorite is an iron meteorite classified as an IVB meteorite.^[1] It is the only meteorite of the IVB group that is an octahedrite.^[2]

The meteorite is named after Tlacotepec, Guerrero (Mexico).

References

↑ "Tlacotepec". Meteoritical Society.
↑ "The Catalogue of Meteorites". nhm.ac.uk.

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Primitive	Acapulcoite Lodranite Winonaite Ureilite Brachinite IAB IIICD

Asteroidal	HED Howardite Eucrite Diogenite Aubrite Angrite Enstatite achondrite

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Martian	Balsaltic Breccia NWA 7034 Chassignites Kaidun Nakhlites Orthopyroxenite ALH84001 Shergottites (list: on Earth, on Mars)

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A–B	Aarhus Abee Adelie Land Adhi Kot Adzhi-Bogdo Agen Akbarpur Albareto Allan Hills A81005 Allan Hills 84001 Allegan Allende Ambapur Nagla Andura Angers Angra dos Reis Ankober Anlong Annaheim Appley Bridge Arbol Solo Archie Arroyo Aguiar Assisi Atoka Avanhandava Baszkówka Beardsley Bellsbank Bench Crater (Moon) Benton Białystok Blithfield Block Island (Mars) Bovedy Brachina Brahin Brenham Buzzard Coulee

C–D	Campo del Cielo Canyon Diablo Cape York Carancas Chambord Chassigny Chelyabinsk Chergach Chinga Chinguetti Claxton Coahuila Cranbourne D'Orbigny Dronino

E–F	Eagle Station Elbogen Ensisheim Esquel Fukang

G–H	Gao–Guenie Gay Gulch Gebel Kamil Gibeon Goose Lake Grant Hadley Rille (Moon) Heat Shield Rock (Mars) High Possil Hoba Homestead Hraschina Huckitta

I–J	Imilac Itqiy

K–L	Kaidun Kainsaz Karoonda Kesen Krasnojarsk L'Aigle Lac Dodon Loreto Łowicz

M–N	Mackinac Island (Mars) Mbozi Middlesbrough Millbillillie Mineo Monte Milone Moss Mundrabilla Muonionalusta Murchison Nakhla Nantan Neuschwanstein Northwest Africa 3009 Northwest Africa 7034 Northwest Africa 7325 Norton County Novato

O–P	Oileán Ruaidh (Mars) Old Woman Oldenburg Omolon Orgueil Ornans Osseo Ourique Pallasovka Paragould Park Forest Pavlovka Peace River Peekskill Penouille Polonnaruwa Přibram Pultusk

Q–R	Qidong Richardton

S–T	Santa Vitoria do Palmar Sayh al Uhaymir 169 Seymchan Shelter Island (Mars) Shergotty Sikhote-Alin Sołtmany Springwater St-Robert Stannern Sulagiri Sutter's Mill Sylacauga Tagish Lake Tamdakht Tenham Tissint Tlacotepec Toluca Treysa Twannberg

U–V	Veliky Ustyug Vermillion

W–X	Weston Willamette Winona Wold Cottage

Y–Z	Yamato 691 Yamato 791197 Yardymly Zaisho Zaklodzie

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Tlacotepec meteorite

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