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Floydada (b)

Basic information

Name: Floydada (b)
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: United States
Mass: 6.27 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 2
  Line 6:

State/Prov/County:	Floyd, Texas
Origin or pseudonym:	Rock garden
Date:	Rec. 1999
Latitude:	33°59'N
Longitude:	101°20'W
Mass (g):	6266
Pieces:	2
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2
Classifier:	G. Huss (ASU)
Type spec mass (g):	34
Main mass:	Cott
Comments:	Purchased by Ivan Wilson. Floydada (a) will now be a recognized synonym for the Floydada IIIAB iron meteorite.

Institutions
and collections

ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
Cott: Michael Cottingham Meteorite Collection, P.O. Box 727, Silver City, NM 88062, United States (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(33° 59'N, 101° 20'W)
Recommended::	(33° 59'N, 101° 20'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 317 approved meteorites from Texas, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 3 impact craters)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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