Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for White Hills

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White Hills

Basic information

Name: White Hills
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: United States
Mass: 11.7 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Mesosiderite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	Mesosiderite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Mesosiderite
Recommended:			Mesosiderite [explanation]

This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite. [show all]
Search for other: Mesosiderites, Metal-rich meteorites

Comments:

Revised 26 Oct 2011: fixed mass listing

Writeup

Writeup from MB 85:

White Hills

Mohave County, Arizona, USA

Found 1999 December 12

Mesosiderite

An 11.7 g meteorite was found by Jim Kriegh while he was surveying the Gold Basin strewnfield with a metal detector. Classification and mineralogy (I. Daubar and D. Kring, UAz): metal, 37 vol%, is dominantly kamacite (6.0 wt% Ni), with some taenite (39–47 wt% Ni); silicate portion, 63 vol%, is dominantly pigeonite (Fs_33.4Wo_2.8) with augite exsolution (Fs_42.7Wo_42.3) and plagioclase (Ab_89.5Or_0.4), with minor olivine (Fo_76–91), tridymite, phosphate, chromite, troilite, schreibersite, and rutile; shock stage estimated at S2 from pyroxene; weathering grade, W1. Specimens: main mass with finder; type specimen, ~3 g plus two thin sections, UAz.

Institutions
and collections

UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Twink Monrad

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(35° 51'N, 114° 13'W)
Recommended::	(35° 51' 24"N, 114° 13' 24"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 178 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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