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| Basic information | Name: Deming This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: United States Mass:  784 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 30 Aug 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 101:
Deming 32°13’31.72"N, 107°54’16.54"W Luna County, New Mexico, United States Found: 2008 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Found by Marie Perez near Red Mountain on her ranch 8 miles west of Deming, New Mexico. Purchased by Michael Cottingham on April 4, 2009. Physical characteristics: One stone, with complete weathered brown fusion crust, saw cut reveals many fine metal grains set in a brown matrix, also some larger metal or sulfide grains to 5 mm. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows numerous distinct BO, PO and POP chondrules, 300-1000 μm. Abundant kamacite and troilite, ubiquitous fine-grained plagioclase, some phosphate, fusion crust to 200 μm thick. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Wilson, UNM) Olivine Fa19.5±0.6, Fe/Mn=39±2, n=41; low Ca-pyroxene Fs17.2±0.6Wo1.1±0.9, Fe/Mn=24±2, n=37. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5), weathering grade W1. Specimens: 37.8 g full-slice plus a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Don Edwards holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB101 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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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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