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Travis(a) - H5 Chondrite from Texas (1889)

Travis(a) - H5 Chondrite from Texas (1889)

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Tulia(b) is a L6 chondrite that was found in Travis County Texas in 1889.  Tulia is a classic American find and every collection of US or Texas falls should have a Travis The original Tulia finds were worked by the Harvey Nininger.

This offer is for several small fragments selected from the same lot shown in the photo.  The black centimeter cube is shown for scale and is not included.  Your purchase includes a labelled gemjar.
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From the Meteoritical Bulletin Entry on Travis(a) -

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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