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Penouille is an iron meteorite[1][2] found in 1984 in Canada.

Penouille
Type	Iron
Structural classification	medium octahedrite
Group	IAB[1]
Composition	9.4% Ni; 365 ppm Ge; 63 ppm Ga; 3.66 ppm Ir; 1.98 ppm Au; 5850 ppm Co
Country	Canada
Region	Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	48°51′00″N 64°26′00″W
Observed fall	no
Found date	1984
TKW	0.072 kilograms (0.16 lb)[1]

History

A small ellipsoidal meteorite of 72g was found in summer 1984 by an eight-year-old boy, Christian Couture of Repentigny, Quebec, on a beach to the seaward side of the Presqu'ile de Penouille, a peninsula in the Baie de Gaspé. The site is approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of the village of Penouille, historic Comte Gaspe-Est.

Classification

It is a medium octahedrite, IAB complex.

Fragments

Terrestrial oxidation, abrasion and corrosion of this meteorite were not extensive and the fall is thought to have been relatively recent. The main mass is conserved at the Planetarium de Montreal, Canada.

See also

• Glossary of meteoritics

References

Bibliography

• Meteoritical Bulletin 78
• Meteoritics 30

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