Clarendon(c) 116g New Texas Meteor Find | Large Fragment - TOP For Sale
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Clarendon(c) 116g New Texas Meteor Find | Large Fragment - TOP:
$348.00
Name: CLARENDON (C)
Type: Ordinary Chondrite L4
Description: 116g Clarendon Meteorite fragment...These specimens were hand prepared by Top Meteorite from material sourced directly from Ruben Garcia & Frank and Dee Dee Hommel. The main mass has been acquired by Texas Christian University (TCU) and is no longer on the market. The limited supply of smaller fragments are going fast...get them while they last!
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ID -CLARE20160005SEE OFFICIAL METEORITICAL SOCIETY ENTRY BELOW
Clarendon (c)Basic informationName:Clarendon (c)
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation:There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall:No
Year found:2015
Country:United States
Mass:377
This is 1 of 1474 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.
Comments:Approved 22 Oct 2016WriteupWriteup from MB 105:
Clarendon (c)34.983°N,100.933°W
Texas, United States
Find: 2015 Apr 6
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4)
History: Frank and DeeDee Hommel of the Bar H Working Dude Ranch located northwest of Clarendon, Texas, were out riding on their property on April 6, 2015, and report that \"their horses went crazy\" when they approached a large unusual rock (later determined to weigh 345 kg). They dug up additional fragments weighing about 32 kg near the large mass located at 34.983°N, 100.933°E. They contacted EricTwelker, who arranged for testing of a specimen.
Physical characteristics: The main mass (345 kg) has a reddish-brown exterior and lacks fusion crust. The relatively fresh interior is medium gray with abundant bright metal grains.
Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner,UWS) Well-formed chondrules up to 3.3 mm occur within a relatively coarse-grained matrix containing abundant stained kamacite plus accessory sodic plagioclase, merrillite and troilite.
Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.1-24.6, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs20.5-20.6Wo1.2-1.5, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs7.3-7.6Wo45.2-45.0, N = 2). Oxygen isotopes (K. Ziegler,UNM): analysis of acid-washed subsamples by laser fluorination gave, respectively, δ17O = 3.611, 3.702, 3.673; δ18O = 4.855, 4.950, 4.827; Δ17O = 1.048, 1.088, 1.124 per mil.
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4).
Specimens: 20.6 g plus one polished thin section atUWB; remaining material with the finders.
Data from:MB105
Table 0
Line 0:State/Prov/County:TexasDate:2015 Apr (g):377000Pieces:severalClass:L4Shock stage:S2Weathering grade:W1Fayalite (mol%):24.1-24.6Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5-20.6Wollastonite (mol%):1.2-1.5Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWSType spec mass (g):20.6Type spec location:UWBMain mass:F. and D. HommelFinder:F. and D. HommelComments:Submitted by A. Irving
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