MARE METEORITICS
McKenzie Draw a History
Name: McKenzie Draw a
Location: Gaines County, Texas
Type: Olivine Bronzite Chondrite H4
In the summer of 1989, five stones were found by D. Billings during the plowing of a peanut field. They turned out to be H-4 chondrites. The three that were assigned to fall (a) had a total weight of 11.8 kilograms. The other two were assigned to fall (b) and had a total weight of 2.99 kilograms. The three individuals from (a) show identical fusion crust morphologies, weathering and free metal in the matrices. The two individuals from (b) show again identical crusts, weathering and lack of free metal.
This meteorite was published in the Meteoritical Society Bulletin No. 72
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