Ref No | GSL/OB/44 |
Title | 'Imilac' meteorite |
Date | [1822] |
Level | Item |
Extent | 1 item |
Format | Object |
Description | Fragment of a pallasite meteorite from a valley west of Imilac, Atacama Desert, Chile, 1822. |
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Provenance | Presented by Woodbine Parish as a 'Specimen of native iron from the province of Atacama in Peru', 6 June 1829 |
Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
Language | English |
Publication Note | Parish, W. 'Buenos Ayres', (1852), pp288-296; chemical analyses of part of the same meteorite in Allan, Tho, "On a mass of native iron from the Desert of Atacama in Peru", 'Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh', vol 11 (1828), pp223-228. |
ArchNote | Description by John Thackray. |
Term | Meteorites |
Previous reference | Ob 44 |