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Bluewing 005

Basic information

Name: Bluewing 005
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: United States
Mass: 7.2 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 3
  Line 4:

State/Prov/County:	Pershing,Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:	Dry Lake
Date:	4 Nov 1999
Latitude:	40°17.138'N
Longitude:	118°56.794'W
Mass (g):	7200
Pieces:	6
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.3 ± 0.2
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	25
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Gessler
Finder:	Paul 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. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Paul Gessler

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(40° 17'N, 118° 57'W)
Recommended::	(40° 17' 8"N, 118° 56' 48"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.4 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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