Meteorite fail at pueblito de allende, chihuahua, Mexico: preliminary information.

ABSTRACT

Specimens from the meteorite fall at 105 a. m., on 8 February 1969 at Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico, have been recovered. The meteorite is a chondrite (C3 and C4) with both opaque and microcrystalline matrices. Specimens were brought to a low background gamma counter less than 4 (1/2) days after the fall, and gamma rays from short-lived isotopes have been observed.