History of Uruacu

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History of Uruacu

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Uruaçu (pronounced Oo roo ah SUE) is an interesting iron meteorite first found on a ranch in Brazil. It has a comparatively low total known weight, and a significant number of recovered specimens were very large. The entire strewnfield lies on private land and has been hunted exclusively by the owner and his agents over a period of many years. As a result, Uruaçu irons appear only occasionally on the market. It is a coarse octahedrite and when cut and etched it displays a highly attractive Widmanstätten pattern, somewhat similar to Sikhote-Alin.

More information from The Meteoritical Society
Uruacu Fall to the world year 1992 in Goias, Brazil Total weight 72.5 kilogram