A single mass of 28.77kg was found, olivine Fa19.4, Met. Bull. 62, Meteoritics, 1984, 19, p.52, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.155. Study of weathering effects, variation with depth, P.A.Bland et al., LPSC, 1995, 26, p.131 (abs.). X-ray powder pattern of plagioclase, Y.Nakamuta and Y.Motomura, LPSC, 1996, 27, p.931 (abs.). Chemical composition, mineral chemistry and structural state of sodic plagioclase crystals; shock classification, Y.Nakamuta and Y.Motomura, MAPS, 1999, 34, p.763. Estimation of shock pressure by X-ray powder diffraction method, S.Yamada, Papers 25th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 2000, p.187 (abs.). Lattice strain of olivine in experimentally shocked material, K.Yoshida et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, No. 7 (Suppl.), p.A29 (abs.).
Location: USA
Happy Canyon
Happy canyon is fairly weathered. It is totally recrystallized, no chondrules nor relic chondrules remain.
Harriman
A mass of 67lb was found before 1939 near Harriman, listed, V.E.Barnes, Catalogue of Texas Meteorites, Univ. of Texas Publ., 1939, (3945), p.607. Metallographic description, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.630. Analysis, 7.96% Ni, 2.21 ppm Ga, 0.130 ppm Ge, 2.3 ppm Ir, R.Schaudy et al., Icarus, 1972, 17, p.174. Calculation of metallographic cooling rates, K.L.Rasmussen et al., GCA, 1995, 59, p.3049. New analysis, J.T.Wasson and J.W.Richardson, GCA, 2001, 65, p.951.
Holbrook
After appearance of a smoky trail in the sky and detonations, a shower of stones fell, estimated to number 14000, of total weight about 481lb, with individuals weighing from 14.5lb to a few grains. Description, W.M.Foote, Am. J. Sci., 1912, 34, p.437, G.P.Merrill, Smithson. Misc. Coll., 1912, 60, (2149). Analysis, 21.56% total Fe, B.Mason and H.B.Wiik, GCA, 1961, 21, p.276. Olivine Fa25, B.Mason, GCA, 1963, 27, p.1011. Structure and composition of plagioclase, W.R.van Schmus and P.H.Ribbe, GCA, 1968, 32, p.1327. XRF analysis, 19.8% total Fe, H.von Michaelis et al., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1969, 5, p.387. Study of metal phase, H.C.Urey and T.Mayeda, GCA, 1959, 17, p.113. A 1.5 kg specimen was recovered from the fall site in 1968, E.K.Gibson,Jr., Meteoritics, 1970, 5, p.57. Metallography and Ni-concentration profiles of taenite in metal grains, G.J.Taylor and D.Heymann, GCA, 1971, 35, p.175. Ni and Ir contents, O.M
Carver
This meteorite was found on display in the Carver Museum, Tuskegee. It is a nickle-poor ataxite. A mass of iron was brought to the Carver Museum in Tuskegee, Alabama, by a farmer from Macon Co. in the 1930′s, Met. Bull. 59, Meteoritics, 1981, 16, p.194. Listed, exact locality unknown, L.LaPaz, Cat. Coll. Inst. Met. Univ. New Mexico, 1965. The iron was named Carver and described, L.LaPaz, Univ. New Mexico Publ. in Meteoritics, 1969, (no. 8) p.155. Alabama is a synonym of both Lime Creek, a Ni-rich ataxite and Walker County, a hexahedrite, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.94. Analysis, 5.5% Ni, 59 ppm Ga, 184 ppm Ge, 12 ppm Ir, A.Kracher et al., GCA, 1980, 44, p.773.
Chico
Chico is an impact melt breccia. It has a coarse matrix with chondrules up to 4mm and a finely brecciated melt caused by cosmic impact. This slice shows both lithologies. A weathered stone of 231lb was found, the chondrules are up to 2 cm in diameter, L.LaPaz, Meteoritics, 1954, 1, p.182 (M.A.13-53). Analysis, B.Mason and H.B.Wiik, GCA, 1964, 28, p.533. Listed, K.Keil, Fortschr. Min., 1960, 38, p.215. Further analysis, 19.06% total Fe, V.Y.Kharitonova, Meteoritika, 1969, 29, p.91. Classification and analysis, shocked and weathered, olivine Fa24.2, D.E.Lange and K.Keil, Meteoritics, 1976, 11, p.315 (abs.). Mineral analysis of host (olivine Fa25.1) and impact melt rock (olivine Fa25.2), E.R.D.Scott et al., LPSC, 1986, 17, p.785 (abs.). Ar-Ar age, cosmogenic radionuclides and noble gases, D.D.Bogard et al., LPSC, 1990, 21, p.103 (abs.). Cosmogenic nuclides, irradiation history, D.H.Garrison et al., LPSC, 1991, 22, p.429. Ar isotopic data, D.H.Garrison et al., Meteoritics, 1991, 26, p.336 (abs.). Ar-Ar ages of shock-melted phases, D.H.Garrison and D.D.Bogard, LPSC, 1992, 23, p.397 (abs.). Petrographic shock classification, D.St
Clovis 01
The Clovis chondrules are small, well formed and abundant. Weathering grade 3-4 as very little metal remains. It is the only non-Antarctic H 3.6 listed in the 5th edition Catalogue of Meteorites.
Dayton
A mass of 26.3kg was noted, with an analysis, 18.1% Ni, E.P.Henderson and S.H.Perry, GCA, 1954, 6, p.223. Listed, F.C.Leonard, Classif. Cat. Met., 1956, Cat. Met. Arizona State Univ., 1964, p.1101, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.130. Listed, K.Keil, Fortschr. Min., 1960, 38, p.217. Contains phosphates brianite and panethite, L.H.Fuchs et al., Meteoritics, 1967, 3, p.111 (abs.). Be-10 data, cosmic-ray exposure and terrestrial age, C.Chang and H.W
Deport
Masses of 2.7kg, 1.3kg, and 0.9kg were found in 1926 one mile E of Deport; at least 23 more masses totalling a further 10kg were found later, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.133. Described and analyzed, 7.9% Ni, C.Palache and F.A.Gonyer, Am. Miner., 1932, 17, p.357. Further analysis, 8.11% Ni, 69.9 ppm Ga, 255 ppm Ge, 2.2 ppm Ir, J.T.Wasson, Icarus, 1970, 12, p.407. Description, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.531. Pb isotopic composition, C.G
Dora
A 7.6kg mass was plowed up 10 or 12 years prior to recognition and left by a fence in a farmyard, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.125. Classification and analysis of metal phase, main group pallasite, 11.7% Ni, 16.7 ppm Ga, 33.4 ppm Ge, 0.093 ppm Ir, E.R.D.Scott, GCA, 1977, 41, p.349. Study of olivine-metal texture; olivine Fa12.9, E.R.D.Scott, GCA, 1977, 41, p.693. Mineralogy and petrology, described and illustrated, P.R.Busek, GCA, 1977, 41, p.711. Study of dislocation structures in olivines, stress history, T.Matsui et al., LPSC, 1980, 11, p.688 (abs.); see also, Geophys. Res. Lett., 1980, 7, p.1007. Chemical composition of olivines, J.V.Smith et al., J. Geophys. Res., 1983, 88 (suppl.), p.B229. Oxygen isotopic composition, R.N.Clayton and T.K.Mayeda, GCA, 1996, 60, p.1999.