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THE RANSOM METEORITES
Author(s) -
Read William F.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1972.tb00131.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , ransom , geology , chondrite , olivine , geochemistry , thin section , chondrule , mineralogy , astrobiology , archaeology , geography , physics
A number of stony meteorite specimens, presumably from a single fall, have been recovered from an area about 5–6 miles north of Ransom, Kansas. This paper presents a map of discovery locations, so far as known. Megascopic appearance, external and internal, of a typical (?) specimen is described. The Ransom meteorite has already been classified as an olivine‐bronzite chondrite — chemical group H of Van Schmus and Wood. Features observed in thin section are characteristic of petrologic type 4