18 April 2012

Meteorites of Brazil- An Overview - Brasil Meteorite Map

Meteorites of Brazil- An Overview
Presentation notes by Dirk Ross
The 5th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics-
Brazil Conference 2012, held in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, on April 19-21, 2012.
Meteorites of Brazil
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Meteorite Falls of Brazil
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Brazil Meteorite Falls by State Ranking
Minas Gerais  5 Falls
Parana  3 Falls
Sao Paulo 3 Falls
Ceara  2 Falls
Rio de Janeiro  2 Falls
Rio Grande do Sul  2 Falls
Mato Grosso do Sul  1 Fall
Santa Catarina  1 Fall
Rio Grande do Norte  1 Fall
Pernambuco  1 Fall
Maranhao  1 Fall
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Total 22 Meteorite Falls

Brazil Meteorite Finds by State Ranking
Minas Gerais  15 Finds
Bahia 5 Finds
Goias  5 Finds
Rio Grande do Sul  5 Finds
Santa Catarina  3 Finds
Ceara  1 Find
Maranhao  1 Find
Para  1 Find
Rio de Janeiro  1 Find
Parana  0
Sao Paulo 0
Mato Grosso do Sul  0
Rio Grande do Norte  0
Pernambuco  0
Unknown Brazil Location 3 Finds
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Total 40 Meteorite Finds

Brazil Meteorites Total by State Ranking
Minas Gerais  15 Finds/5Falls     Total 20
Rio Grande do Sul  5 Finds /2 Falls Total 7
Bahia  5 finds/ 0 Falls                      Total 5
Goias  5 Finds/ 0 Fall                       Total 5
Santa Catarina  3 Finds/ 1 Fall        Total 4
Ceara   1 Find /2 Falls                      Total 3
Parana  0 Finds/3 Falls                    Total 3
Sao Paulo  0 Finds /3 Falls       Total 3
Rio de Janeiro   1 Find /2 Falls        Total 3
Maranhao  1 Find/ 1 Fall                  Total 2
Mato Grosso do Sul  0 Find/ 1 Fall   Total 1
Rio Grande do Norte  0 Find/ 1 Fall Total 1
Pernambuco  0 Find/ 1 Fall              Total 1
Para  1 Find/ 0 Fall                           Total 1
Unknown Brazil Location                  Total 3
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40 Finds/ 22Falls
Total 62 Meteorites
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Reference
Meteoritical Bulletin Database   http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php     

Brazilian Meteorites -
62 Meteorites… including 22FALLS…. 40FINDS ---- 4 -5 Impact Craters
Stony…31…OC27…1Angrite…2Eucrite…1NAK Martian
Irons….30
Stony Irons…1PAL
Approximately 1/3 of Brazils meteorites have be found in Minas Gerais State 21 mets.  A reason for the high number of finds is due to mining activities and miners searching for minerals.

Some Famous Brazilian Mets-
Governador Valadares-find 1958 Martian*Nakalite find 158g
Angra dos Reis –stone-Angrite fell 1869 1500gr
Santa Catharina- 1875 find Iron*IAB-ung -7 Metric Tonnes
Ibitira-1957 fall  mnmict Eucrite – 2.5kg
Campos Sales L5  fall 1991 23.68kg
Metric Tons!
1. 7 MT  Santa Catharina—Iron Ranks #14  Worlds largest Iron meteorite is Hoba at 66T.
2. 5.36 MT Bengego—Iron Ranks #17
3. 2 MT Campinorte--Iron
4. 1.92 MT Santa Luzia--Iron
Kilograms!
5. 628 Kg Itapuranga--Iron
6. 305 Kg Nova Petropolis--Iron
7. 300 Kg Putinga—L6
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Most recent fall- June 19, 2010 Varre-Sai L5 2.5kg
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compiled by  9APR2012 Dirk Ross, Japan
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Meteorite Literature Resources-

Meteoritical Bulletin Database


Meteorite Identification-



Meteorites General Introduction-

Wikipedia


Brazil -Portugese
Meteoritica Info


Research Papers

BRAZILIAN METEORITES
M. E. Zucolotto, L.L. Antonello
67th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting (2004)
pdf 5089

Books-

Rocks from Space, 1998- by O. Richard  Norton

Meteorites and their Parent Bodies, 1999- by Harry Y. McSween

Catalogue of Meteorites 5th Edition, 2000-by Monica M. Grady

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites, 2002-by O. Richard Norton

Brazilian Stone Meteorites, 1980-by Klaus Keil and Celso B. Gomes


Meteorite Magazines-

Meteorite Magazine

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