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Location: California
Ocotillo
One mass of 28.57 kg was found by Bill Hanna about 5 miles N of Ocotillo. Analysis, 7.01% Ni, 0.47% Co, 112 ppm Cu, 74 ppm Ga, 13.9 ppm As, 2.6 ppm Ir, 4.9 ppm Pt, 1.65 ppm Au, John T. Wasson, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA. Additional analysis, 7.4% Ni, 0.43% Co, 0.46% P, and information, Charles F. Lewis, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA. Main mass, James Schwade, 969 South Chicago Ave, Kankakee, Illinois 60901, USA.
Red Rock
One mass of 47.6kg was found and purchased by the University of California, Los Angeles, Met. Bull. 64, Meteoritics, 1984, 19, p.54, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.300. Classification and analysis, 7.71% Ni, 21.6 ppm Ga, 41.8 ppm Ge, 2.1 ppm Ir, D.J.Malvin et al., GCA, 1984, 48, p.785. Further analysis, M.Hoashi et al., Chem. Geol., 1992, 98, p.1.