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Penouille meteorite

Summary

Penouille is an iron meteorite[1][2] found in 1984 in Canada.

Penouille
TypeIron
Structural classificationmedium octahedrite
GroupIAB[1]
Composition9.4% Ni; 365 ppm Ge; 63 ppm Ga; 3.66 ppm Ir; 1.98 ppm Au; 5850 ppm Co
CountryCanada
RegionQuebec, Canada
Coordinates48°51′00″N 64°26′00″W / 48.85000°N 64.43333°W / 48.85000; -64.43333
Observed fallno
Found date1984
TKW0.072 kilograms (0.16 lb)[1]

History edit

A small ellipsoidal meteorite of 72g was found in summer 1984 by an eight-year-old boy, Christian Couture of Repentigny, Quebec, on a beach to the seaward side of the Presqu'ile de Penouille, a peninsula in the Baie de Gaspé. The site is approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of the village of Penouille, historic Comte Gaspe-Est.

Classification edit

It is a medium octahedrite, IAB complex.

Fragments edit

Terrestrial oxidation, abrasion and corrosion of this meteorite were not extensive and the fall is thought to have been relatively recent. The main mass is conserved at the Planetarium de Montreal, Canada.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Meteoritical Bulletin Database
  2. ^ Kissin,S. A.; Herd, R. K., 1995, Two New Iron Meteorites from the Province of Quebec, Canada, Meteoritics, vol. 30,no. 5, page 527

Bibliography edit

  • Meteoritical Bulletin 78
  • Meteoritics 30