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Roosevelt County 072
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 072
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 072
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1989
Country: United States
Mass:help 9.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 72  (1992)  L5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 72:
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Roosevelt County 071-074

New Mexico, USA

Found 1989-1990

Stones. Ordinary chondrites

Four heavily weathered stones were found by I. E. Wilson on deflation surfaces in Roosevelt County. Information, classification and analysis, Tim J. McCoy, Planetary Geosciences Division, University of Hawaii, Honolulu , Hawaii 96822, USA, where also the thin sections UH-1, 2, 37, 70, used for classification are deposited. Main masses are in the possession of the finder. RC 071 and 072 do not seem to be paired with other RC meteorites, based on petrographic criteria and proximity of find site. No attempt was made to find possible pairings of RC 073 and 074 with other RC meteorites.

Data from:
  MB72
  Table 11
  Line 2:
Latitude:34°6'N
Longitude:103°29'W
Mass (g):9.79
Class:L5
Fayalite (mol%):24.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.2
Classifier:Tim J. McCoy, Planetary Geosciences Division, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Type spec location:thin sections UH-1, 2, 37, 70, used for classification are deposited University of Hawaii
Main mass:finder
Comments:T2S R33E Sec 33
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 6'N, 103° 29'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 6'N, 103° 29'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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