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Nova 056 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Nova 056 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: (unknown) Mass: 5.32 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-sLM. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 16 Feb 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Nova 056 (unknown) Find: unknown Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB-sLM) History: Reportedly found in Shandong, China, and purchased by HMG from a dealer in China. Physical characteristics: Specimen has patchy relict fusion crust. The specimen is half of a larger object. The etched surface clearly shows a Widmanstaetten pattern. Petrography: The meteorite is a coarsest octahedrite (Ogg) containing kamacite, teanite and few plessite fields. Kamacite bandwidth is within 1-5 mm, but chiefly is larger than 3.3 mm. Schreibersite is present as veins with swathing kamacite. Geochemistry:ICP-MS data, Ni = 102, Co = 5.1, P = 0.8(all mg/g), Cu = 139, Ga = 20.3, Ge = 53.2, As = 17.3, Sn = 0.48, Ir = 0.59, Au = 1.88 (all μg/g). Classification: iron meteorite IAB-sLM Specimens: 5320 g is at HMG. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
GIG: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011) CAS: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China (institutional address; updated 16 Oct 2011) HMG: Hunan Museum of Geology, China (institutional address; updated 24 Jun 2018) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 34 approved meteorites from (unknown) (plus 15 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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