Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Roosevelt County 094

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Roosevelt County 094

Basic information

Name: Roosevelt County 094
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 094
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: United States
Mass: 3.55 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	L5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 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)

Data from:
  MB82
  Table 3
  Line 4:

Date:	Jul 1994
Latitude:	34°5'N
Longitude:	103°30'W
Mass (g):	3.55
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	23.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.4
Classifier:	G. Benedix, UHaw
Comments:	UH 253

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)

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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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