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Roosevelt County 097
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 097
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 097
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: United States
Mass:help 56 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 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:
  MB83
  Table 5
  Line 3:
Date:1996
Latitude:33°57.5'N
Longitude:103°56.3'W
Mass (g):56
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.9
Classifier:University of New Mexico
Type spec mass (g):thin section
Finder:K. Shirley
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (33° 57' 30"N, 103° 56' 18"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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