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Some Properties of the Beenham, New Mexico, Aërolite
Author(s) -
Leard Robert M.
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
contributions of the society for research on meteorites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2813
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1939.tb00231.x
Subject(s) - section (typography) , archaeology , meteorite , library science , art , art history , engineering , engineering physics , geography , physics , astronomy , computer science , operating system
A bstract and I ntroduction The following description of an aërolite from Beenham, Union County, New Mexico, is offered as part of the work in a special course in meteoritics in the Department of Astronomy of the University of California, Los Angeles. Two fragments, weighing 14 1/2 g. and 1 1/2 g., of the aërolite, were secured, and from this material three thin sections and one polished section were prepared for investigation. Four photomicrographs were taken, and the relationships and optical properties of the various minerals were determined. The writer wishes to thank Dr. H. H. Nininger of the American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, Colorado, for donating the material used, and Dr. Frederick C. Leonard of the Department of Astronomy of the University of California, Los Angeles, under whose guidance this study was made.