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| Basic information | Name: Columbus This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1997 Country: United States Mass:  165 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10985 approved meteorites (plus 20 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 82:
Columbus Luna County, New Mexico, USA Found 1997 January 27 Ordinary chondrite (H5) Six small stones totaling 165 g (largest 88.1 g) were found by Michael and Wren Cottingham on a dry lake bed. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa18.8; pyroxene Fs16.8Wo1.1; shock stage S3; weathering grade W3. Specimens: type specimen, 18.5 g, UCLA; remainder with M. Cottingham, P.O. Box 727, Silver City, NM 88062, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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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 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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