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Roosevelt County 108
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 108
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 108
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: United States
Mass:help 4.75 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 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 4 Aug 2008
Data from:
  MB93
  Table 3
  Line 16:
State/Prov/County:Roosevelt County, New Mexico
Date:2004
Latitude:34°13'N
Longitude:103°11'W
Mass (g):23.23
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):18.7 ± 0.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1 ± 0.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.24 ± 0.29
Classifier:G. Huss, HIGP
Type spec mass (g):4.75
Type spec location:ASU
Main mass:Skip Wilson
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. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 13'N, 103° 11'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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