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Golden Mile
Basic information Name: Golden Mile
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: United States
Mass:help 379 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 3
  Line 22:
State/Prov/County:Mohave,AZ
Origin or pseudonym:Pebblepavemt.
Date:31 Oct 2000
Latitude:35°53.4'N
Longitude:114°10.0'W
Mass (g):378.8
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18 ± 3
Classifier:UAz
Type spec mass (g):30
Finder:IngridMonrad
Comments:Fs: 15±52
Institutions
   and collections		 UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Twink Monrad         
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (35° 53'N, 114° 10'W)
     Recommended::   (35° 53' 24"N, 114° 10' 0"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 179 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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