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 66mm by 42mm by 6.6mm thick at widest points.

 

 

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

Huss inventory # H91.145

 

 

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

Huss inventory # H91.153

 
  

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