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Nova 006
Basic information Name: Nova 006
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (unknown)
Mass:help 70 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11150 approved meteorites (plus 22 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 12 Oct 2010
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Kingman, Arizona
Date:2004
Mass (g):70
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):18.8±0.4
Classifier:Alan Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):16.05
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Verish
Finder:Unknown
Comments:Possibly found on Roach Dry Lake, Primm, Nev., (before 2005); submitted by Verish
Institutions
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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. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Tom Knudson      
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 34 approved meteorites from (unknown) (plus 15 unapproved names)

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