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ATOKA
Atoka County, Oklahoma
Fell Sept. 17, 1945 - L6 Chondrite

Collection No. B178.1 -  A 12.6 gram part-slice with fusion crust.

Provenance: Oscar E. Monnig Collection/Texas Christian University (parent piece #M40.3, 196.0 gram part fragment with crust); by transfer to The Karl Collection.

Notes:  Only 1384 grams was recovered from this rare US fall.  TCU currently holds the main mass (#M40.2, 510.3 gram individual) as well as a 188.0 gram half stone (#M40.1). Note the partial Monnig number that can still be seen in the crust on the photo below (Ex. #M40.3). Interestingly, Atoka was classified as an L6, though its physical appearance highly resembles an L5.

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References:
Elhmann, A.J. (1996), The Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Collection. Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 81 pp.

For further reading on the circumstances of the Atoka fall we highly recommend Martin Horejsi's  article in the September 2008 issue of Meteorite Times. Follow by clicking the link below: