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A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE DUMAS, MOORE COUNTY, TEXAS, AEROLITE (CN = 1017,357:) *
Author(s) -
LaPaz Lincoln
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1956.tb01383.x
Subject(s) - delicacy , meteorite , mineralogy , geology , chondrite , archaeology , geochemistry , chemistry , astrobiology , geography , paleontology , physics
An account is presented of the circumstances relating to the finding and identification of the Dumas, Moore County, Texas, aerolite (CN = 1017,357:). A chemical analysis and details concerning the surface features and the internal structure of this interesting 46.05‐kg. stone are given. The meteorite is notable for the high content of nickel‐iron (about 19.50%) that it contains. The metal not only occurs as widely disseminated individual grains, but also is concentrated in lenses and irregular nuggets, and in extended, branching veins, often of great delicacy. The Dumas aerolite is classified as a veined, crystalline, spherulitic chondrite, C(ckv).