Landes
  
Landes was found in Grant County, West Virginia in 1930.  A 69.8kg individual was found about a mile east of the Landes Post office.   It is classificated as and Iron (IAB) Octahedrite, chemically anomalous iron with silicate inclusions.

 

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106 grams measuring 66 mm by 42 mm by 6.6 mm thick at widest points.

 

 

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191 grams measuring 90 mm by 66 mm by 8 mm thick at widest points.

Huss inventory # H91.145

 

 

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239 grams measuring  90 mm by 75 mm by 7.3 mm thick at widest points.

Huss inventory # H91.153

 

 

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453 grams measuring  205 mm by 150 mm by 3.3 mm thick at widest points.

 

 

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1623 gram full slice measuring  280 mm by 230 mm

 

 
  

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