Gahanna

Franklin County, Ohio, USA

Found ~1950; recognized 1995 February

Iron, coarse octahedrite (IAB)

A 1201 g iron meteorite was found "40–50 years ago" outside of Columbus near Flint Ridge, according to Stephen Holowach, a relative of the finder, although the exact location is not known.  Description and classification (G. Huss, ASU; J. Wasson, UCLA): a highly weathered mass, with only the central one-third remaining metallic; moderately shocked, with deformed Widmanstätten pattern; contains numerous schreibersite plates ~1 mm thick and up to ~1 cm in length; kamacite bandwidth is 2–3 mm; bulk metal has Ni = 7.06 wt%, Ga = 85.6 ppm, Ge = 329 ppm, Ir = 1.81 ppm. Specimens: type specimen, 5 g, UCLA; main mass, ASU.