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| Basic information | Name: Travis County (a) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1889 Country: United States Mass:  175.4 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 78:
Travis County (a) and (b) Texas, USA Found 1889-1962 Ordinary chondrites A detailed study of 52 meteorites recovered from Travis County was undertaken by McCoy et al. (1995a). They found two distinct meteorites: Travis County (a), a H5(S4)W3 shock blackened chondrite, represented by 41 specimens with a total weight of 175.4 kg; and Travis County (b), a H4(S2)W3 chondrite with rare chonditic clasts of H group parentage, represented by 11 specimens with a total mass of 5.9 kg. The samples are in the Oscar Monnig Collection, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. The original Travis County meteorite, found in 1889, listed in Graham et al. (1985) belongs to Travis County (a). Classification and analysis: Travis County (a) = olivine Fa16.2-16.9; orthopyroxene Fs15.3-15.8; Wo1.0-1.1; Travis County (b) = olivine Fa16.1-18.9; ortho-pyroxene Fs16.0-16.3; Wo1.1-1.2; Timothy J. McCoy and Klaus Keil, University of Hawaii, Planetary Geosciences Division, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA, and Arthur J. Ehlmann, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 314 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Hill's Stone (In NHM Cat) Travis County (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||