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Re: Seminole (d) ?

Walter, Bernd, and list:

Two meteorites will be granted official names in the next
Met. Bull.  They are from the Huss catalog.  Here are the table
entries for them:

Seminole (b), Gaines Co., Texas, 32º32.6'N 102º42.3'W, chondrite, found
  1965, 1.18 kg, 1.01 kg in MPI, Mainz
Seminole (c), Gaines Co., Texas, 32º33'N, 102º23.5'W, chondrite, found
  1967, 1.71 kg, 1.58 kg in MPI, Mainz

These join Seminole [a.k.a. Seminole (a)] and Seminole Draw (a) as
officially recognized meteorites.

I have heard from Joern Koblitz that the Vienna Naturhist. Museum lists 
a "Seminole (d)" in their inventory, supposedly an H6 found 1976.  
The DuPont collection also lists "Seminole (d)," and "Seminole
(e)" plus "Seminole Draw (b)" as well.  I have no information other
than this on these three meteorites, and the names are not official.
Nobody has done the pairing studies on these (to my knowledge). 

jeff

At 12:29 PM 3/29/99 , you wrote:
>WBranchsb@aol.com schrieb:
>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> Can anyone help? I have in my possession a 2.7 gram slice of a
>> meteorite labeled (not by me) Seminole (d). Upon looking in Ken
>> Regelmen's book, he lists a "Seminole" and "Seminole Draw (a)."
>> Has anyone any info on a Seminole (d)? Could it be synonymous
>> with one of the above? Thanks. - Walter Branch
>
>Hello Walter and List,
>
>There is still some confusion with regard to the Seminole meteorites.
>Maybe Jeff Grossman can provide more detailed background information on
>them.
>
>This is what I have got:
>
>1) Seminole, H4
>   Find 1961
>   32° 41' N/102° 37' W
>
>26.1kg, Mainz, MPl. 457g, Wash., U.S. Nat. Mus. 259g, Copenhagen, Univ.
>Geol. Mus. 253g, Harvard Univ., BM London, 170.5g.
>
>Two fragments totalling 41.1kg were recovered. Full, illustrated
>description, olivine Fa20, G.I. Huss et al., Meteoritics, 1972, 7, p.
>463.
>T w o  other stones, S e m i n o l e (b), total known weight 1183g, and
>S e m i n o l e (c), total known weight 1710g, are also listed, Cat.
>Huss Coll. Meteorites, 1976, p.39. Both these stones are H4 chondrites.
>
>2) Seminole Draw (a), L6
>   Find 1976
>   32° 43' N/102° 39' W
>
>BM London, 35g.
>A single mass of 478g was found. Olivine Fa25.9.
>
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Bernd
>
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