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Roosevelt County 082
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 082
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 082
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1969
Country: United States
Mass:help 137 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 78  (1995)  H4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  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:
  MB78
  Table 4
  Line 4:
Date:1969
Latitude:34°05'N
Longitude:103°34'W
Mass (g):>137
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.4
Classifier:Benedix et al. (1995)
Type spec location:research specimens and thin sections are at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Main mass:J. Warnica
Finder:J. Warnica
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 5'N, 103° 34'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 5'N, 103° 34'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 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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