Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Goose Creek

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Goose Creek

Basic information

Name: Goose Creek
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: 2.13 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 7:

State/Prov/County:	Kingman, Kansas
Origin or pseudonym:	Field
Date:	Rec. Apr 1999
Latitude:	37°26.1'N
Longitude:	98°19.1'W
Mass (g):	2132.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	18.8
Classifier:	G. Huss (ASU)
Type spec mass (g):	29.7
Main mass:	split between AML and Reed
Finder:	Leo Hawley

Institutions
and collections

ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
AML: American Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 2098, Denver, CO 80201, United States (private address)
Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (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:	(37° 26'N, 98° 19'W)
Recommended::	(37° 26' 6"N, 98° 19' 6"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 147 approved meteorites from Kansas, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) (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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