THE FAYETTE-COUNTY, TEXAS, METEORITES

We report the first petrologic examination of all stone meteorites of Fayette County, Texas. The 10 stones represent four or five different fall events. The three recovered Bluff stones represent two falls. Blu ff(a), which includes the 145.5-kg Bluff#1 stone, is classified as L5( S4), whereas Bluff(b) is classified as L4(S3) and is represented by a single stone. The studied Cedar stones are classified as H4(S3), and a ll four Cedar stones appear to define a strewnfield. Round Top (a), cl assified as L5(S3) and represented by two stones, is unrelated to eith er Bluff or Cedar. Round Top (b) [H4(S3); 1 stone], whose exact proven ance is unknown, might be a transported fragment of the Cedar shower.