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Nova 010

Basic information

Name: Nova 010
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2010
Country: (unknown)
Mass: 51.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 99	(2011)	H4 (reduced)
Recommended:			H4-an [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as H4-an. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 16 Nov 2010

Writeup

Writeup from MB 99:

Nova 010

Location unknown

Purchased: 20 Mar 2010

Classification: H4 (reduced)

History: Purchased at a rock and mineral show - seller did not know the origin

Classification (A. Rubin, UCLA): Outside the formal H-chondrite olivine range, but similar to Burnwell, Willaroy and other reduced OCs described by Wasson et al. (1993).

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Bakersfield, CA
Date:	P 20 Mar 2010
Mass (g):	51.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4 (reduced)
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	14.4±0.5 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13.7±0.6 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.6±0.3 (n=11)
Classifier:	A. Rubin
Type spec mass (g):	11.0
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Greg Stanley
Comments:	Submitted by Greg Stanley

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)
Stanley: No contact information provided. (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 35 approved meteorites from (unknown) (plus 15 unapproved names)

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