Country: England
State/District: Lancashire, Wigan
Co-ordinates: 53°35'N, 2°43'W
Date of fall: 1914, October 13 (2045hrs)
Total known weight: 15kg (approx.)
Number of pieces: 1
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Ordinary chondrite veined
Shock Stage: S3
Weathering Stage:
Mineral Analyses: Olivine Fa31.4, Stddev. 0.4, Pyroxene Fs25.7 ,kamacite: 1.40% Ni, 37.0% Co
Total iron: 20.08%
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Lancashire, Wigan
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After appearance of a luminous fireball and detonations, a stone of about 33lb was found next day at Halliwell Farm, W.F.Denning, Nature, 1914, 94, p.258, W.C.Jenkins, Nature, 1914, 94, p.505. Described and analyzed, 20.08% total Fe, B.Mason and H.B.Wiik, GCA, 1964, 28, p.533. Olivine Fa31, B.Mason, GCA, 1963, 27, p.1011. Structure and composition of plagioclase, W.R.van Schmus and P.H.Ribbe, GCA, 1968, 32, p.1327. Pyroxene analysis, R.A.Binns, Min. Mag., 1969, 37, p.649. Ni and Ir contents, O.Müller et al., GCA, 1971, 35, p.1121. Bi abundance, P.M.Santoliquido and W.D.Ehmann, GCA, 1972, 36, p.897. Partial INAA, R.A.Schmitt et al., Meteoritics, 1972,7, p.131. Noble gas data, cosmic-ray exposure ages, P.J.Cressy,Jr. and D.D.Bogard, GCA, 1976, 40, p.749. U-Pb measurements, N.H.Gale et al., Naturwiss., 1979, 66, p.419. Ni and Co contents of metal, D.W.Sears and H.J.Axon, Meteoritics, 1976, 11, p.97, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.52. Magnetic properties, tetrataenite-rich, T.Nagata and M.Funaki, Mem. Nat. Inst. Polar Res., Tokyo, 1986, (41), p.364; see also, P.J.Wasilewsky and C.Saralkar, LPSC, 1981, 12, p.1159 (abs.); T.Nagata et al., Papers 15th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1990, p.58 (abs.). Carbon content and isotopic composition, M.M.Grady et al., Meteoritics, 1989, 24, p.147. Compositions of pyroxenes, equilibration temperature, H.Y.McSween,Jr. and A.D.Patchen, Meteoritics, 1989, 24, p.219. Major and trace element data, shock facies, weathering state, G.W.Kallemeyn et al., GCA, 1989, 53, p.2747. Mössbauer study of tetrataenite, L.Vistisen et al., Meteoritics, 1990, 25, p.417 (abs.). Analysis of olivine, Fa31.4, and kamacite, 37.0% Co, A.E.Rubin, GCA, 1990, 54, p.1219. Composition of olivine and chromite in type II chondrules, C.A.Johnson and M.Prinz, GCA, 1991, 55, p.893. Oxygen isotopic composition, R.N.Clayton et al., GCA, 1991, 55, p.2317. Magnetic properties, S.J.Morden and D.W.Collinson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1992, 109, p.185. Shock classification, Cu content, A.E.Rubin, Meteoritics, 1994, 29, p.93. Cosmic-ray exposure age 1.2 Ma, the lowest value of any LL chondrites, T.Graf and K.Marti, Meteoritics, 1994, 29, p.643. Fe-Mg ordering in orthopyroxenes, compositional and X-ray diffraction study, L.Folco et al., MAPS, 1997, 32, p.567. EPMA analysis of fusion crust, M.J.Genge and M.M.Grady, MAPS, 1999, 34, p.341.
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