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Majuba 007
Basic information Name: Majuba 007
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: United States
Mass:help 1823 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 3 Dec 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 568:
State/Prov/County:Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:desert wash
Date:7 June 2007
Latitude:40°37'00"N
Longitude:118°23'05"W
Mass (g):1823.3
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):19 (18-22)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16-23
Wollastonite (mol%):1-3
Classifier:Joseph Boesenberg, AMNH
Type spec mass (g):27.8 AMNH, 24.5 g BYU
Type spec location:AMNH
Main mass:Eric Magnuson
Finder:Eric Magnuson
Comments:Found while searching for gold nuggets.; submitted by Joseph Boesenberg
Institutions
   and collections		 AMNH: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, United States (institutional address; updated 18 May 2013)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (40° 37' 0"N, 118° 23' 5"W)

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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