The Harleton, Texas, chondrite
Abstract
The Harleton meteorite fell near Harleton, Texas on 30 May 1961. A single stone, weighing 8.36 kg, was recovered. Chemical analyses and microscopic examination show that it is an olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Principal minerals are olivine and orthopyroxene, with minor amounts of plagioclase, nickel-iron, and troilite, and accessory chromite.
- Publication:
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Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977SmCES..19...61C
- Keywords:
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- Chemical Composition;
- Chondrites;
- Harleton Meteorite;
- Meteoritic Composition;
- Meteoritic Microstructures;
- Mineralogy;
- Chromites;
- Iron;
- Morphology;
- Nickel;
- Olivine;
- Photomicrographs;
- Pyroxenes;
- Troilite;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration