John Divelbiss 9/13/2024 7:29:17 AM |
Love the L6 "ghost" chondrules...you see them and then they are gone. A very nice specimen. |
Bernd Pauli 9/13/2024 6:06:01 AM |
Leedey contains native copper. |
matthias 9/13/2024 2:40:47 AM |
Fresh and crispy crust - just how meteorite aficionados love it. |
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Jansen Lyons 9/13/2018 7:59:30 PM |
I thought that name was familiar.The town of Leedey was recently either hit or threatened by a tornado. I have seen pieces of the Leedey chondrite before, but this is in far better condition than the ones I've seen. |
Bernd Pauli 9/13/2018 12:20:26 PM |
McCOY T.J. et al. (1997) The Leedey, Oklahoma, chondrite: Fall, petrology, chemistry and an unusual Fe,Ni-FeS inclusion (Meteoritics 32-1, 1997, 019): The Leedey, Oklahoma meteorite shower fell on Nov. 25, 1943, following a fireball which was visible across much of southwestern Oklahoma and northcentral Texas. The shower produced 24 stones with a total mass of ~51.5 kg. The stones formed a strewnfield ~18 km in length in the same direction as the observed path of the meteor (N50 *W). Leedey is classified as an L6 (S3) ordinary chondrite. |
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