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Octave Mine
Basic information Name: Octave Mine
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: United States
Mass:help 1304 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 3
  Line 10:
Origin or pseudonym:Desert ridge
Date:2004 Dec 25
Latitude:34°07.937'N
Longitude:112°42.135'W
Mass (g):1304.2
Pieces:3
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.4 ± 0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.9 ± 0.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4 ± 0.2
Classifier:L. Bleacher, ASU
Type spec mass (g):22.3
Type spec location:ASU
Main mass:A. Sims
Finder:A. Sims
Institutions
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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. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 7' 56"N, 112° 42' 8"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 179 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (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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