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Roosevelt County 006
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1979
Country: United States
Mass:help 9.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 63  (1985)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB63
  Table 1
  Line 6:
Date:1979
Latitude:34°5'N
Longitude:103°30'W
Mass (g):9.7
Class:L6
Finder:Mr. Skip Wilson
Comments:S5 T3S R33E; Source: E.R.D. Scott, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 5'N, 103° 30'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 5'N, 103° 30'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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