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| Basic information | Name: Tierra Blanca This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 Country: United States Mass:  860 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites classified as Winonaite. [show all] Search for other: Primitive achondrites, Winonaites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE TIERRA BLANCA, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: TIERRA BLANCA Place of find: Approximately 10 km SW of Canyon, Randall County, Texas, US 34°36'N., 102°01'W. Date of find: Before November, 1965. Class and type: Stone. Anomalous achondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 860 g Circumstances of find: Recognized as possibly an unusual rock by a rancher. Identified as a meteorite by F.W. Daugherty, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas. Main mass in private possession. Source: E.A. King, Department of Geology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. See also Meteoritics, 1977, 12, 276 (abst.). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1935 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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