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Bluewing 001

Basic information

Name: Bluewing 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: United States
Mass: 6.1 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Eucrite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	Eucrite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-mmict [explanation]

This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 85:

Bluewing 001

Pershing County, Nevada, USA

Found 2000 June 14

Achondrite (eucrite) A 6.1 g stone was found by Paul Gessler while he was searching for meteorites on Bluewing Flat. Classification and analysis (P. Warren, UCLA): subophitic texture; pyroxene grains are mostly <1 mm and zoned from En_67.5Wo_4.8 to En₆Wo₂₅ to En₃Wo₁₅; plagioclase is zoned from An₈₉ to An₇₅, average An₈₂; minor and trace phases include silica, ilmenite, phosphate, fayalite, K-feldspar, metal and troilite; bulk composition is similar to Stannern and Bouvante. See also Warren and Gessler (2001). Specimens: type specimen, 1.15 g, UCLA; main mass, Gessler.

Institutions
and collections

UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Gessler: Nicholas Gessler, 2010 Calgary Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90077, United States (private address; updated 7 Jul 2016)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Paul Gessler

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(40° 15'N, 118° 56'W)
Recommended::	(40° 14' 58"N, 118° 56' 13"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.3 km apart

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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