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| Basic information | Name: Coyote Mountains This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1998 Country: United States Mass:  23 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11568 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Coyote Mountains Pima County , Arizona, USA Found 1998 January 7 Ordinary chondrite (H5) A 23.04 g chondrite was found by Robert Cook while he was hiking up a desert wash. Classification and mineralogy (D. Kring and D. Hill, UAz): olivine, Fa18.1±0.3; pyroxene, Fs16.1±0.5Wo1.2±0.3; kamacite contains 0.48 ± 0.04 wt% Co; weathering grade, W2; specimen may be part of a larger mass and may have been fluvially transported. Specimens: main mass with finder; type specimen, 3.45 g plus three thin sections, UAz. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 179 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (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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