| Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
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| Species: | Taenite |
| Formula: | (Fe,Ni) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Taenite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Staunton meteorite, Augusta County, Virginia, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 941231 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:941231:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 11ab6b70-a670-4bf0-af00-8b1951eb7c34 |
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| 76.9km (47.8 miles) | ⓘLandes meteorite, Landes, Grant County, West Virginia, USA |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | Vol. 20 August 1974 No. 3 METEORITES OF VIRGINIA F. B. Hoffer A meteoroid is any naturally occurring...meteoroid passes through the atmosphere. The term meteorite is used for any solid object (meteoroid) that...wholly of the iron-nickel minerals kamacite and taenite; may also contain the minerals plessite, troilite...nickel and consist of pure taenite or an irregular mixture of kamacite and taenite. (2) Stones (aero1ites)-composed...engineers in the designing of spacecraft. 18 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Vol. 20 ' l History's |
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