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PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE LAKE MURRAY, CARTER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, SIDERITE (CN =+ 0970,341)
Author(s) -
LAPAZ LINCOLN
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1953.tb01321.x
Subject(s) - siderite , meteorite , geology , identification (biology) , archaeology , geochemistry , astrobiology , geography , physics , biology , pyrite , botany
The circumstances relating to the finding, identification, and recovery of the record‐breaking Lake Murray, Oklahoma, meteorite (CN = + 0970,341) are detailed. This siderite is at once the largest meteorite so far recovered in Oklahoma and the largest granular hexahedrite as yet found in the world.