Re: Must be Monahans(b)

[Bernd Pauli <bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>]

MARSROX schrieb:

> Just a note that a Monahans (Texas) meteorite already exists. It was
> recognized in 1938 as an iron octahedrite IIF.
>
> Kevin Kichinka

Kevin is right! I got the following entry in my database:

Monahans, U.S.A., Texas, Ward County
31° 29' N / 102° 53' W
Find 1938
Total 27.9 kg
Octahedrite, plessitic (IRANOM)

1.2kg, Tempe, Arizona State Univ.  901g, Fort Worth, Texas, Monnig
Colln. 873g, Washington, U.S. Nat. Mus. 844g, Chicago, Field Mus. Nat.
Hist. 811g, Harvard Univ., BM London, 5325g (and fragments, 217g and
sawings, 168g).

One mass of 27.9kg was found 7 miles south and 1 mile east of Monahans,
(31°50'N., 102°55'W.), A.D. Nininger, Pop. Astron., Northfield,
Minnesota, 1939, 47, p.212. Description, with analysis, 10.88 %Ni, H.H.
Nininger, Pop. Astron., Northfield, Minnesota, 1939, 47, p.268 (M.A.
7-376). Description and analysis of the iron shale, 4.99 %NiO, J.D.
Buddhue, Pop. Astron., Northfield, Minnesota, 1939, 47, p.271 (M.A.
7-377). Structural description, H.J. Axon and P.L. Smith, Min. Mag.,
1972, 38, p.736. Classification and analysis, 10.6%Ni, 8.9ppm Ga, 127
ppm Ge, 14 ppm Ir, J.T. Wasson, GCA, 1969, 33, p.859. Coordinates,
description, V.F. Buchwald, Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975,
p.832.

Regards, Bernd

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References:

• Must be Monahans(b)
• From: MARSROX <MARSROX@aol.com>

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