Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Tungsten Mountain 004

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Tungsten Mountain 004

Basic information

Name: Tungsten Mountain 004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: TM 004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: United States
Mass: 8.1 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 3
  Line 51:

State/Prov/County:	Churchill, Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:	Dry lake
Date:	28 May 2001
Latitude:	39°41.0665'N
Longitude:	117°37.213'W
Mass (g):	8.1
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	18.6 ± 0.1
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	2
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	Verish

Institutions
and collections

UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Verish: Robert Verish, Meteorite-Recovery Lab, P.O. Box 463084, Escondido, CA 92046, United States; Website (private address; updated 27 May 2009)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(39° 41'N, 117° 37'W)
Recommended::	(39° 41' 4"N, 117° 37' 13"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.3 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 184 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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