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Sacramento Wash 003
Basic information Name: Sacramento Wash 003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SaW 003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: United States
Mass:help 89.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6459 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)
Comments: Approved 21 Feb 2005
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 4
  Line 19:
State/Prov/County:Mojave, AZ
Origin or pseudonym:Desert hill
Date:22 Mar 2004
Latitude:34°45.524'N
Longitude:114°14.005'W
Mass (g):89.2
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):17.2 ± 5.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.7 ± 5.0
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1 ± 0.5
Classifier:L. Bleacher
Type spec mass (g):21.6
Type spec location:ASU
Main mass:J. Gwilliam
Comments:not paired with Franconia (H5)
Institutions
   and collections		 ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 45' 31"N, 114° 14' 0"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 178 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: Yucca 008 (MetBull 101)

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