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Bluewing 029
Basic information Name: Bluewing 029
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: United States
Mass:help 83.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  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)
Comments: Approved 14 Jan 2008
Data from:
  MB93
  Table 3
  Line 3:
State/Prov/County:Pershing County, NV, USA
Origin or pseudonym:Dry lake
Date:1-Jun-2006
Latitude:40°15.768'N
Longitude:118°57.547'W
Mass (g):83.8
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.0 ± 0.5
Classifier:R. Pickard, BORF
Type spec mass (g):23
Type spec location:AMAS
Main mass:Shute
Institutions
   and collections		 AMAS: Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (40° 15' 46"N, 118° 57' 33"W)

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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