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| Basic information | Name: Landes This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1930 Country: United States Mass:  69.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-MG. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 51:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE LANDES, WEST VIRGINIA, METEORITE Name: LANDES Place of find: Landes, Grant County, West Viginia. 38° 54'N, 79° 11'W. Date of find: About 1930, recognized as a meteorite in 1968. Class and type: Iron. Silicate-bearing octahedrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 69.8 kg Circumstances of find: The specimen was plowed up in a hillside cornfield one mile east of the Landes Post Office about 35 to 40 years prior to being called to the attention of Glenn I Huss in 1968. During most of this period it lay under the eaves of a barn where water dripped on it without apparent damage to the specimen. Sources: T. E. Bunch, Klaus Keil and Glenn I. Huss (1972) The Landes Meteorite. Meteoritics 7, 31-38. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 51, Meteoritics 7, 215-232 (1972)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from West Virginia, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Landis (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||