Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Roosevelt County 088

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Roosevelt County 088

Basic information

Name: Roosevelt County 088
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 088
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1978
Country: United States
Mass: 7.5 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 10:

Date:	1978
Latitude:	33°53'N
Longitude:	103°34'W
Mass (g):	7.5
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	18.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.9
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

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(33° 53'N, 103° 34'W)
Recommended::	(33° 53'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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