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Rooikop 001
Basic information Name: Rooikop 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Namibia
Mass:help 1039 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 78  (1995)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  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)
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 78:

Rooikop 001-003 23°5.0'S, 14°42.9'E

Walvis Bay, Namibia

Found 1991 June

Ordinary chondrites

Three meteorites were found in a desert area near the border post Rooikop at the former Namibia-South Africa border by A. M. Reid, P. Jakes, M. E. Zolensky and R. McG. Miller. Details are listed in Table 3. Research specimen and information: A. M. Reid, Depart­ment of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5503, USA. The main masses remain at the Geological Survey of Namibia, 1 Jeans Street, P. O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia. See also, Reid et al. (1995).

Data from:
  MB78
  Table 3
  Line 1:
Mass (g):1039
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Fayalite (mol%):19.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.5
Classifier:
Type spec location:A. M. Reid, Univ. Houston
Main mass:Geol. Surv. Namibia
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Geography:

Namibia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (23° 5' 0"S, 14° 42' 54"E)
     Recommended::   (23° 5' 0"S, 14° 42' 54"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Swakopmund, Namibia
     This is 1 of 39 approved meteorites from Namibia (plus 1 impact crater)
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Synonymshelp: RM2072 (From MetBase)
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