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Walters   contributed by John Divelbiss   MetBul Link

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  L6

TKW 21.8 kg. Observed fall 28 July 1946, near Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, USA.


John writes:
Another Smithsonian dinner-plate slab.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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Butters
 11/17/2016 5:09:14 PM		 SHOCKING!!!
MexicoDoug
 11/17/2016 7:05:30 AM		 Similar bulk appearance as a howardite, remarkably rich in troilite bodies giving matrix color a bronze tinge, which together with black veining and reddish-brown rusting throughout stone give unique appearance comparable best to Paragould. Tiny chondrules intact, larger are all smashed &/or deformed. Multiple stage metamorphism. Roy et al (1962).
Bernd Pauli
 11/17/2016 3:36:42 AM		 My database entry says it's an L6, shock stage 4. According to STOEFFLER D. et al. (1991) S4 = moderately shocked * mosaicism in olivine.
Moni
 11/17/2016 2:38:09 AM		 Thank you for educating me of a meteorite I haven't heard before! :-)
John Hope
 11/17/2016 1:06:49 AM		 Thanks John for a picture of another spectacular piece.
 

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