The Tulia (b) meteorite find was first recovered by the legendary Dr. Harvey Nininger from a farm in Swisher County Texas in 1917. There was some confusion about whether or not this was part of a previous Tulia find, or if it represented a new meteorite from the same area. The question was eventually laid to rest in 1982 and it was acquired by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Tulia (b) is a L6 chondrite and it is one of four known meteorites found in the Tulia combined strewnfield.
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From the Meteoritical Bulletin entry on Tulia (b) :
DISCOVERY OF THE TULIA (b), USA, STONY METEORITE
Name: TULIA (b)
Place of find: Swisher County, Texas, USA.
34°32'N., 101°42'W.
Date of find: 1917, recognized 1982
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6).
Number of individual
specimens: 2, plus others
Total weight: 2153 g, plus
Circumstances of find: Collected by H. Nininger in 1917 and obtained from him by the Field Museum, Chicago, in 1940. Found to be distinct from the Tulia originally reported as an H5 chondrite.
Source: E. Olsen, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Note: The original Tulia should now be called Tulia (a). Specimens in collections labelled Tulia may be Tulia (b). Tulia (a) as described by C. Palache and J.T. Lonsdale, Am. J. Sci., 1927, 13, 353, has been reclassified as H3-4, A.L. Graham, priv. comm. 1982.
