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Wellman (c)
Ordinary chondrite (H4)
Found in 1964
Terry County, Texas, USA

Wellman (c) was first recognized as a meteorite by Glenn I. Huss, of the American Meteorite Laboratory, in 1965 (ref. needed). Following the literature, numerous masses were found totalling over 45kg, the largest weighing 8.4kg (Huss, 1976; 1986). The total weight is in fact significantly higher as not all specimens are listed in the Huss catalogues. For example, stone H39.224, 646g (TC14.5) is not listed. The main mass is in fact a 10kg stone (H39.364, T. Boudreaux Coll.), also not listed! Several large stones from Huss were also not labelled (pers. comm., M. Morgan). Although Huss collected meteorites from the region for about 20 years, another collector, Eugene Cornelius, also found many specimens (ref. needed). Wellman (c) stones, with their brownish lustrous patina (i.e. weathered fusion crust), are highly aesthetic.
Distribution of masses above 500g, following Grady (2000) is: tot. 27kg, MPI Mainz (tot. 40kg following Graham et al., 1985); 5kg, NHMW; 689g, J. DuPont Coll.; 630g, ASU; 527g, GSC Ottawa. Additional stones include: main mass 10,063g, T. Boudreaux Coll., 1308g, M. Morgan Coll.; 646g, Tricottet Coll..

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