Pena Blanca Spring (Aubrite)

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The Pena Blanca Spring meteoite fell into a swimming hole on the Gage Ranch near Marathon, Texas. It was witnessed by two dozen people, falling only a few hundred feet from one of them.

This 215 gram specimen, that displays a unique, large enstatite crystal, was cut from the main mass.

The original account of this fall can be read here:

<http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM32/AM32_354.pdf>.

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