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Country: USA
State/District: Tennessee, Bradley County
Co-ordinates: 34°53'N, 84°47'W
Date of find: 1860, (about)
Total known weight: 115.2kg
Number of pieces: 2
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Octahedrite, medium (1.0mm)
Shock Stage:
Weathering Stage:
Mineral Analyses:
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Bradley County East Tennessee Lea Iron Philadelphia Iron Whitfield Whitfield County
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A mass of 254lb was found. Described and analyzed, 8.06% Ni, F.A.Genth, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1886, p.366. Further analysis, 8.85% Ni, 21.0 ppm Ga, 41.9 ppm Ge, 0.094 ppm Ir, E.R.D.Scott et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.1957. Full description, the 13lb (Whitfield County) mass, formerly attributed to Dalton, is part of Cleveland, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.478, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.104. Vanadium content of troilite, T.A.Linn,Jr. et al., GCA, 1968, 32, p.561. Nitrogen abundance, E.K.Gibson and C.B.Moore, GCA, 1971, 35, p.877. The main mass of the 'Lea Iron' (about 115kg), stored for a long time in The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, appears now to be lost, V.F.Buchwald [loc. cit.]. The most probable find location of the 'Lea Iron' is in Georgia, only half a mile from the place where the Dalton mass has been found, V.F.Buchwald [loc. cit.].
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