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Butler, Misrouri - An Unusual Iron Meteorite

J. I . Goldatein

Qeochemistry Laboratory Laboratory for meoretical Sttrdiea

Ooddatd Space Plight Center Greenbelt, Maryland

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Abatraut 30326- The ihtlsr iron aetaorita bar been found t o have, rLtB rerpct to

the iton mtaorlter, m paumi8lly Sigh CO content (1.4 wt%), unuau8lIy

high Q. eontent8 i n the kauaaite arb the taanitc phowa, mnd an rarurually

low cobling rate @ . S o m O ~0.11). tt La ruggerted that Butler 6

tamed in different environment tta tbt o f the rert of the iron

eontoat warn, -rat, rnrtrrrtl.

Q emtent in fina oct8hedriter i o -61 -76. The total variation in Go

Acaording t o Krinov (21, rha average

'Ib, soalLry rate determhd far Butler L. 0.5°A06 yeam with an

a r t h t o d prooiaioar oL & m, n t r coolisg rate ia ltmr by taetor

OF 2 tbm aay cooling raw detam&a+d For tton r t a o r i t a r in tba 8-y

of 27 iron m d atony irm rstoorites by QOlbrUirr and Short (6). Thrrr

the c o o l i 4 hietory Sor m l e r apptmrr t o bo unique.

Betfar €1 indad at tmumml wtooritb. It not only contains mere

8r md Q, then m y other iron rteor i ts , but .Ira cooled mora r l W y

than mg o t b r frtm metsorite raa.rtrad to drte. It La probable that

Butler formed in dirkrrmt .nvi-t P r a t t t a t tlrr reit of the

iron rtaoriter, (7).

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