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Basic information | Name: Dumont This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1994 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IVB. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVB irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Apr 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 94:
Dumont 33°49’N, 100°31’W Dumont, King County, Texas USA Find: 1994 Iron (IVB) History: Found by a rancher who kept it in his garage. Identified by McCartney Taylor in 2005. Physical characteristics: Weathered and pitted iron with a weight of 27.42 kg. Single mass found, broken end. Petrography: (J. Wasson, UCLA) Ataxite, schlieren lines, no kamacite. Mineral compositions and geochemistry (J. Wasson, UCLA): Ni =16.2% Ir = 29 mg/g. Classification: Ataxite iron (IVB). Type specimens: A total of 70.6 g is on deposit at UCLA. McCartney Taylor holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB94 Table 3 Line 3: |
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Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 313 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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