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Country: USA
State/District: Tennessee, Cumberland Co.
Co-ordinates: 35°50'N, 84°55'W
Date of find: 1887
Total known weight: 48.5kg (approx.)
Number of pieces: 5
Remarks:
Classification:
Type: Mesosiderite, subgroup A1
Shock Stage:
Weathering Stage:
Mineral Analyses: Olivine Fa28-51
Pairings: not known
Synonyms: Cumberland County, Powder Mill Creek, Rockwood
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About five masses of total weight about 107lb, the largest weighing 85lb, were found 8.5 miles W of Rockwood furnace, E.E.Howell, Science, 1887, 10, p.107, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.120. Description, G.F.Kunz, Am. J. Sci., 1887, 34, p.476. Analysis of metal, 7.02% Ni, 13.3 ppm Ga, 49.5 ppm Ge, 2.9 ppm Ir, J.T.Wasson et al., GCA, 1974, 38, p.135. Silicate mineralogy, olivine Fa28-51, B.N.Powell, GCA, 1971, 35, p.5. Noble gas and Cl-36 contents, F.Begemann et al., GCA, 1976, 40, p.353. Oxygen isotopic composition of mineral fractions, R.N.Clayton et al., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 1976, 30, p.10. Petrographic and chemical characterization of igneous lithic clasts, D.W.Mittlefehldt, GCA, 1979, 43, p.1917. Corona structure, mineralogy, C.E.Nehru et al., GCA, 1980, 44, p.1103. Calculation of atmospheric ablation based on cosmic ray tracks and Ne isotopes, N.Bhandari et al., Nucl. Tracks, 1980, 4, p.213. Fission track study, uranium content of merrillite, G.Crozaz and D.R.Tasker, GCA, 1981, 45, p.2037; G.Crozaz et al., GCA, 1982, 46, p.749. Subgroup classification, R.H.Hewins, J. Geophys. Res., 1984, 89 (suppl.), p.C289. Composition of large metal nodules, J.Hassanzadeh et al., GCA, 1990, 54, p.3197. TL data, D.W.G.Sears et al., GCA, 1991, 55, p.3167, J.D.Batchelor and D.W.G.Sears, GCA, 1991, 55, p.3831. Cosmogenic radionuclides data of metal and silicate, A.Albrecht et al., LPSC, 1992, 23, p.5 (abs.); see also, H.Nagai et al., GCA, 1993, 57, p.3705. Oxygen isotopic composition, R.N.Clayton and T.K.Mayeda, GCA, 1996, 60, p.1999. Porosity, D.T.Britt and G.J.Consolmagno, LPSC, 1997, 28, p.159 (abs.). Re-Os systematics, J.J.Shen et al., LPSC, 1997, 28, p.1297 (abs.); see also, GCA, 1998, 62, p.2715. Physical properties, density and porosity data, G.J.Consolmagno and D.T.Britt, MAPS, 1998, 33, p.1231. Cosmogenic radionuclide data, A.Albrecht et al., MAPS, 2000, 35, p.975. Density and porosity, S.L.Wilkinson et al., MAPS, 2003, 38, p.1533.
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