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Roosevelt County 091
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 091
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 091
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: United States
Mass:help 3.15 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  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:
  MB82
  Table 3
  Line 1:
Date:Jun 1994
Latitude:34°5'N (?)
Longitude:103°30'W
Mass (g):3.15
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W6
Fayalite (mol%):17.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.1
Classifier:G. Benedix, UHaw
Comments:UH 251
Institutions
   and collections		 UH: Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States (institutional address; updated 25 Oct 2011)
UHaw: Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States (institutional address; updated 25 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Geography:

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 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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